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'''Left Forum 2010'''
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[[KeyWiki]] has information on [[Left Forum]] conferences held in [[Left Forum 2005|2005]], [[Left Forum 2006|2006]], [[Left Forum 2007|2007]], [[Left Forum 2008|2008]], [[Left Forum 2009|2009]], [[Left Forum 2010|2010]] and [[Left Forum 2011|2011]]. The [[Left Forum]] is the new name for the [[Socialist Scholars Conference]].
  
==Panels==
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'''[[Left Forum]] 2010'''
Left Forum 2010 contained the following panels:
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==Personnel 2010==
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'''Board of Directors:''' [[Stanley Aronowitz]], [[Roderick Bush]], [[Eric Canepa]], [[Vivek Chibber]], [[Nancy Holmstrom]], [[Jamie McCallum]], [[Lorraine Minnite]], [[Frances Fox Piven]], [[Hobart Spalding]], [[William K. Tabb]], [[Richard D. Wolff]], [[Julia Wrigley]].
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'''Advisory Board:''' [[Gilbert Achcar]], [[Tariq Ali]], [[Robin Blackburn]], [[Barbara Bowen]], [[Rose Brewer]], [[Renate Bridenthal]], [[Michael Brie]], [[Stephen Brier]], [[Stephen Eric Bronner]], [[Paul Buhle]], [[Joseph  Buttigieg|Joseph A. Buttigieg]], [[Luciana Castellina]], [[Angela Dillard]], [[Stephen Duncombe]], [[Hester Eisenstein]], [[Barbara Epstein]], [[Deepa Fernandes]], [[Hector Figueroa]], [[Harriet Fraad]], [[Josh Freeman]], [[Barbara Garson]], [[Marvin Gettleman]], [[Arun Gupta]], [[Jack Hammond]], [[David Harvey]], [[Gerald Horne]], [[Boris Kagarlitsky]], [[Robin D. G. Kelley]], [[Christine Kelly|Christine A. Kelly]], [[Peter Kwong]], [[Joanne Landy]], [[Jesse Lemisch]], [[Michael Lowy]], [[Manning Marable]], [[Randy Martin]], [[Liz Mestres]], [[Susan O’Malley]], [[Leo Panitch]], [[Christian Parenti]], [[Thomas Ponniah]], [[Barbara Ransby]], [[Michael Ratner]], [[Jan Rehmann]], [[Gerardo Renique]], [[Rainer Rilling]], [[Colin Robinson]], [[Nan Rubin]], [[Stephen R. Shalom]], [[Neil Smith]], [[Eleni Varikas]], [[Victor Wallis]], [[Ross Weiner]], [[Joseph Wilson]].
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'''Endorsing Organisations:''' [[Brecht Forum]], [[Center for the Study of Culture, Technology, and Work]], Graduate Center, CUNY, [[Critical Sociology]], [[Logos]], [[Monthly Review]], [[National Lawyers Guild]], [[New Political Science]], [[New Politics]], [[Radical Teacher]], [[Rethinking Marxism]]/AESA, [[Rosa Luxemburg Foundation]], [[Science and Society]], [[Situations]], [[Social Text]], [[Socialism and Democracy]], [[Social Register]], [[Souls]], [[Union for Radical Political Economics]].<ref>[ http://www.transform-network.net/en/home/journal-transformeurope/display-journal-transform/article//Transform-at-the-LF-in-New-York.html transform! european network for alternative thinking and political dialogue, 2010]</ref>
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==Participants==
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At the 2010 Left Forum The [[Rosa Luxemburg Foundation]] continued its by now more than 10-year tradition of organising panels at the SSC and [[Left Forum]] with a panel on “Union Strategies, Poor People’s Movements and Crisis,” with [[Christina Kaindl]], [[Jan Rehmann]], and speakers from poverty and labor-organizing initiatives in the US. as well as a major session “Can Obama Be Moved? Movement Strategies to Pressure Party Politics” with [[Margit Mayer]] and an "impressive panoply of speakers ranging from supporters of third-party initiatives to those cooperating with the Democrats, as well as from other initiatives".
  
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For the first year, the [[Transform Network]] had a presence – and an important one – with three major panels: “Social-Security Systems in Comparison: Europe and the US” with [[Robin Blackburn]], [[Lucy apRoberts]], [[Daniel Ankarloo]] and [[Ruurik Holm]]; “Roundtable on Left Strategies in the Core Capitalist Countries,” with [[Sam Gindi]]n ([[Socialist Project]], Toronto, formerly with the Canadian Auto Workers), [[João Romão]], [[Greg Albo]] ([[Socialist Project]], Toronto), [[Cornelia Hildebrandt]] ([[Rosa Luxemburg Foundation]] and [[Die LINKE]]), [[Richard D. Wolff]] and [[Ruurik Holm]]; “Understanding and Responding to the Crisis: The Left in Europe and the U.S.” with [[Walter Baier]], [[William K. Tabb]], [[Jeremy Brecher]], [[Rainer Rilling]] and [[João Romão]].
  
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The final plenary featured [[Noam Chomsky]], and included a tribute to [[Howard Zinn]] from [[Arundhati Roy]] and [[Frances Fox Piven]], along with a performance of Zinn’s play “Marx in Soho.” The Zinn tribute and Chomsky’s appearance drew the expected enormous crowds, with people lining up around the block.<ref>[ http://www.transform-network.net/en/home/journal-transformeurope/display-journal-transform/article//Transform-at-the-LF-in-New-York.html transform! european network for alternative thinking and political dialogue, 2010]</ref>
  
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==Panels==
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Left Forum 2010 contained the following panels:
  
==Africa==
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===Africa===
  
===Exporting the Culture Wars: Who is Spreading Neocolonial Homophobia to Africa and Why===
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'''Exporting the Culture Wars: Who is Spreading Neocolonial Homophobia to Africa and Why:'''
 
[[The Public Eye]]
 
[[The Public Eye]]
 
*[[Pam Chamberlain]], (Chair) - [[Political Research Associates]]
 
*[[Pam Chamberlain]], (Chair) - [[Political Research Associates]]
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*[[Frank Mugisha]] - Leading member, Sexual Minorities of Uganda, [[SMUG]]
 
*[[Frank Mugisha]] - Leading member, Sexual Minorities of Uganda, [[SMUG]]
  
 
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'''Africa's Oil Economies - A Mixed Blessing or a Curse?:'''
===Africa's Oil Economies - A Mixed Blessing or a Curse?===
 
 
 
 
[[Global Information Network]]
 
[[Global Information Network]]
 
*[[Milton Allimadi]], (Chair)
 
*[[Milton Allimadi]], (Chair)
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*Prince [[Chima Williams]] - Head of [[Legal Resources]]/[[Democracy Outreach Environmental Rights Action]]/[[Friends of the Earth Nigeria]] and National Focal Person, Green Alliance Nigeria, [[GAN]]
 
*Prince [[Chima Williams]] - Head of [[Legal Resources]]/[[Democracy Outreach Environmental Rights Action]]/[[Friends of the Earth Nigeria]] and National Focal Person, Green Alliance Nigeria, [[GAN]]
  
 
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'''Humanitarian Imperialism and Obama's Wars in Africa:'''
===Humanitarian Imperialism and Obama's Wars in Africa===
 
 
 
 
*[[Samar Al-Bulushi]], (Chair) - [[Brecht Forum]]
 
*[[Samar Al-Bulushi]], (Chair) - [[Brecht Forum]]
 
*[[Keith Harmon Snow]] - War correspondent; photographer; independent investigator
 
*[[Keith Harmon Snow]] - War correspondent; photographer; independent investigator
 
*[[Yaa-Lengi Ngemi]] - [[Congo Coalition]]
 
*[[Yaa-Lengi Ngemi]] - [[Congo Coalition]]
  
 
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'''Alternative Development Models for Sub-Saharan Africa:'''
===Alternative Development Models for Sub-Saharan Africa===
 
 
 
 
[[Mobile Economists]]
 
[[Mobile Economists]]
 
*[[Chudi Ikwueze]], (Chair) - Founder, [[Mobile Economists]]; Pace University
 
*[[Chudi Ikwueze]], (Chair) - Founder, [[Mobile Economists]]; Pace University
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*[[Demba Ndiaye]] - Comengip, [[Solidarity Economy Network]].
 
*[[Demba Ndiaye]] - Comengip, [[Solidarity Economy Network]].
  
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===Art===
  
==Art==
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'''Punk Rock: Cultural Space For Transformative Politics?:'''
 
 
===Punk Rock: Cultural Space For Transformative Politics?===
 
 
 
 
*[[Ramsey Kanaan]], (Chair) - Founder, [[PM Press]]
 
*[[Ramsey Kanaan]], (Chair) - Founder, [[PM Press]]
 
*[[Josh MacPhee]] - [[JustSeeds]]: [[Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative]]
 
*[[Josh MacPhee]] - [[JustSeeds]]: [[Visual Resistance Artists' Cooperative]]
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*[[Katy Otto]] - [[Exotic Fever Records]]
 
*[[Katy Otto]] - [[Exotic Fever Records]]
  
 
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'''Creating Lasting Change Through Radical Theatre:'''
===Creating Lasting Change Through Radical Theatre===
 
 
 
 
*[[Ashley Marinaccio]], (Chair) - Co-Op Theatre East; [[Project Girl Performance Collective]]
 
*[[Ashley Marinaccio]], (Chair) - Co-Op Theatre East; [[Project Girl Performance Collective]]
 
*[[Mariah MacCarthy]] - [[Rapscallion Theatre Collective]]
 
*[[Mariah MacCarthy]] - [[Rapscallion Theatre Collective]]
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*[[Robert Gonyo]] - Co-Founder/Artistic Director, Co-Op Theatre East  
 
*[[Robert Gonyo]] - Co-Founder/Artistic Director, Co-Op Theatre East  
  
 
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'''Redact This! Artists and Writers Against Torture - Art Activism:'''
===Redact This! Artists and Writers Against Torture - Art Activism===
 
 
 
 
*[[David Schwittek]], (Chair) - Lehman College; designer and artist
 
*[[David Schwittek]], (Chair) - Lehman College; designer and artist
 
*[[Stephen A. Fredericks]] - co-founder "Art of Demorcacy", [[National Coalition of Political Art Exhibitions]]
 
*[[Stephen A. Fredericks]] - co-founder "Art of Demorcacy", [[National Coalition of Political Art Exhibitions]]
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*[[Frances Jetter]] - School of Visual Arts
 
*[[Frances Jetter]] - School of Visual Arts
  
 
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'''Playwrights Rekindle the Radical Imagination:'''
===Playwrights Rekindle the Radical Imagination===
 
 
 
 
*[[Karen Malpede]], (Chair) - [[Theater Three Collaborative]]
 
*[[Karen Malpede]], (Chair) - [[Theater Three Collaborative]]
 
*[[Najla Said]] - [[Twilight Theater Company]], [[Theater Three Collaborative]]
 
*[[Najla Said]] - [[Twilight Theater Company]], [[Theater Three Collaborative]]
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*[[Lydia Stryk]] - author of “American Tet”
 
*[[Lydia Stryk]] - author of “American Tet”
  
 
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'''Art and Aesthetic Experience in the 21st Century: Learning from the Past:'''
===Art and Aesthetic Experience in the 21st Century: Learning from the Past===
 
 
 
 
*[[Julia Rothenberg]], (Chair) - Sociology, St. Joseph's College, New York
 
*[[Julia Rothenberg]], (Chair) - Sociology, St. Joseph's College, New York
 
*[[Gregory Sholette]] - Queens College
 
*[[Gregory Sholette]] - Queens College
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*[[Isabel Alonso]] - St. Joseph's College; Encasa
 
*[[Isabel Alonso]] - St. Joseph's College; Encasa
  
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===Caribbean Basin===
  
==Caribbean Basin==
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'''Terrorism Against Cuba and the Case of the Cuban 5:'''
 
 
===Terrorism Against Cuba and the Case of the Cuban 5===
 
 
 
 
[[Socialism and Democracy]]
 
[[Socialism and Democracy]]
 
*[[Michael Smith]], (Chair) - [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]
 
*[[Michael Smith]], (Chair) - [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]
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*[[Rafael Anglada]] - Puerto Rican attorney
 
*[[Rafael Anglada]] - Puerto Rican attorney
  
 
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'''After the Earthquake: Who's Killing Haiti?:'''
===After the Earthquake: Who's Killing Haiti?===
 
 
 
 
*[[Edna Bonhomme]], (Chair) -
 
*[[Edna Bonhomme]], (Chair) -
 
*[[Peter Hallward]], - Middlesex University
 
*[[Peter Hallward]], - Middlesex University
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*[[Ray LaForest]] -American Federation of State, Country and and Municipal Employees, District Council 1707; [[WBAI Radio]]; [[Pacifica Radio Network]]
 
*[[Ray LaForest]] -American Federation of State, Country and and Municipal Employees, District Council 1707; [[WBAI Radio]]; [[Pacifica Radio Network]]
  
 
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'''Haiti's Future: A Grassroots Perspective and Potential of Unified Action:'''
===Haiti's Future: A Grassroots Perspective and Potential of Unified Action===
 
 
 
 
*[[Jerry Jeremie]], (Chair) - St. John's University
 
*[[Jerry Jeremie]], (Chair) - St. John's University
 
*[[Marie Rose Paul]] - [[Global Network for Progress]]
 
*[[Marie Rose Paul]] - [[Global Network for Progress]]
 
*Dr.[[Jemima Pierre]] - William S. Vaughn Visiting Fellow, [[Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities]]; Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
 
*Dr.[[Jemima Pierre]] - William S. Vaughn Visiting Fellow, [[Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities]]; Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
  
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===China===
  
==China==
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'''Recent Transformations in Chinese Marxism:'''
 
 
 
 
===Recent Transformations in Chinese Marxism===
 
 
 
 
*[[Norman Levine]], (Chair) - Executive Director, [[Institute for International Policy]]
 
*[[Norman Levine]], (Chair) - Executive Director, [[Institute for International Policy]]
 
*[[Duan Zhongqiao]] - School of Philosophy, Remnin University of China
 
*[[Duan Zhongqiao]] - School of Philosophy, Remnin University of China
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*[[Yang Haifeng]] - Philosophy, Beijing University
 
*[[Yang Haifeng]] - Philosophy, Beijing University
  
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'''Chinese Students & Workers Organize at the Grass-Roots:'''
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[[Talking Union]]
  
===Chinese Students & Workers Organize at the Grass-Roots===
 
 
*[[Talking Union]]
 
 
*[[Marc Blecher]], (Chair) - Politics and East Asian studies, Oberlin College
 
*[[Marc Blecher]], (Chair) - Politics and East Asian studies, Oberlin College
*[[Paul Garver]]  - Co-editor, TalkingUnion blog; [[National Political Committee]], [[DSA]]
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*[[Paul Garver]]  - Co-editor, TalkingUnion blog; [[DSA National Political Committee]], [[DSA]]
 
*[[Manfred Elfstrom]] - Program Officer, [[International Labor Rights Forum]]
 
*[[Manfred Elfstrom]] - Program Officer, [[International Labor Rights Forum]]
  
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[[Category:DSA National Political Committee]]
  
===The Causes of Current Crises Breaking Out in China===
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'''The Causes of Current Crises Breaking Out in China:'''
 
 
 
*[[Zhou Zhi-qiang]], (Chair) - Director, "Liberation daily"
 
*[[Zhou Zhi-qiang]], (Chair) - Director, "Liberation daily"
 
*[[Ji Gui-bao]] - Director, "Wenhui Daily"
 
*[[Ji Gui-bao]] - Director, "Wenhui Daily"
 
*[[Xu Ming]] - [[Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences]]; chief editor, [[Social Science Weekly]]
 
*[[Xu Ming]] - [[Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences]]; chief editor, [[Social Science Weekly]]
  
 
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'''The Problems that Chinese Marxists and Leftists Discuss in Today’s China:'''
===The Problems that Chinese Marxists and Leftists Discuss in Today’s China===
 
 
 
 
Chair: [[Prof. Norman Levine]]
 
Chair: [[Prof. Norman Levine]]
 
*[[Duan Zhongqiao]] - School of philosophy, Renmin University of China
 
*[[Duan Zhongqiao]] - School of philosophy, Renmin University of China
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*[[Yang Haifeng]] - Department of Philosophy, Peking University
 
*[[Yang Haifeng]] - Department of Philosophy, Peking University
  
 
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'''Debunking the Myth of the “China Model”: Is a radical alternative possible?:'''
===Debunking the Myth of the “China Model”: Is a radical alternative possible?===
 
 
 
 
*[[Peter Kwong]], (Chair) - Hunter College
 
*[[Peter Kwong]], (Chair) - Hunter College
Dr. [[Tong Xiaoxi]] - Sociology, China Agricultural University; visiting research fellow, Sociology, Binghamton University
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*Dr. [[Tong Xiaoxi]] - Sociology, China Agricultural University; visiting research fellow, Sociology, Binghamton University
 
*[[Peng Zhaochang]] - Economics, University of Massechussets  
 
*[[Peng Zhaochang]] - Economics, University of Massechussets  
 
*[[Michael Hudson]] - Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City
 
*[[Michael Hudson]] - Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City
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*[[Xulin Dong]] - [[The China Study Group]]
 
*[[Xulin Dong]] - [[The China Study Group]]
  
 
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'''The Influences of the Current Crisis on China and China's Feasible Countermeasures:'''
===The Influences of the Current Crisis on China and China's Feasible Countermeasures===
 
 
 
 
*[[Xu Ming]], (Chair) - Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; chief editor, [[Social Science Weekly]]
 
*[[Xu Ming]], (Chair) - Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; chief editor, [[Social Science Weekly]]
 
*[[Duan Gang]] - Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; associate editor, [[Social Science Weekly]]
 
*[[Duan Gang]] - Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; associate editor, [[Social Science Weekly]]
 
*[[Liu Shi-jun]] - Director, Publicity Dept of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee
 
*[[Liu Shi-jun]] - Director, Publicity Dept of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee
  
 
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'''The Chinese Proletariat and the State:'''
===The Chinese Proletariat and the State===
 
 
 
 
*[[Ellen Rosen]], (Chair) - Research Associate, [[Center for Research on Women]], Brandeis University  
 
*[[Ellen Rosen]], (Chair) - Research Associate, [[Center for Research on Women]], Brandeis University  
 
*[[Dongping Han]] - History and Political Science, Woodrow Wilson College
 
*[[Dongping Han]] - History and Political Science, Woodrow Wilson College
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*[[Marc Blecher]] - History, Oberlin College  
 
*[[Marc Blecher]] - History, Oberlin College  
  
 
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'''Revisiting the Legacy of Women's Liberation in Maoist China:'''
===Revisiting the Legacy of Women's Liberation in Maoist China===
 
 
 
 
*[[Di Bai]], (Chair) - Drew University
 
*[[Di Bai]], (Chair) - Drew University
 
*[[Tao Qingmei]] - [[Institute of Literature]], Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
 
*[[Tao Qingmei]] - [[Institute of Literature]], Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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*[[Li Onesto]] - [[Revolution newspaper]]
 
*[[Li Onesto]] - [[Revolution newspaper]]
  
==CULTURE AND EVERYDAY LIFE==
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===Culture and Everyday Life===
  
'''Pro Sports Without Owners?'''
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'''Pro Sports Without Owners?:'''
 
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[http://www.edgeofsports.com www.edgeofsports.com]
[www.edgeofsports.com]
 
 
*[[Spring Super]], (Chair) - [[Queer Rising]] and [[International Socialist Organization]]
 
*[[Spring Super]], (Chair) - [[Queer Rising]] and [[International Socialist Organization]]
 
*[[Mark Naison]] - Fordham University; Author, ''Communists in Harlem During the Depression''
 
*[[Mark Naison]] - Fordham University; Author, ''Communists in Harlem During the Depression''
Dr. [[Walter Beach]] - Former Cleveland Brown; [[Amer-I-Can]].
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*Dr. [[Walter Beach]] - Former Cleveland Brown; [[Amer-I-Can]].
 
*[[Dave Zirin]] - Sports Correspondent, [[The Nation]]; Author, ''A People's History of Sports in the United States''
 
*[[Dave Zirin]] - Sports Correspondent, [[The Nation]]; Author, ''A People's History of Sports in the United States''
  
'''From Roman Gospels to Jewish Shakespeare: Rethinking Our Cultural Paradigms'''
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'''From Roman Gospels to Jewish Shakespeare: Rethinking Our Cultural Paradigms:'''
 
 
 
*[[Jenny Greeman]], (Chair) - Resident Director, [[Dark Lady Players]]; Program Manager, [[New Perspectives Theater]]
 
*[[Jenny Greeman]], (Chair) - Resident Director, [[Dark Lady Players]]; Program Manager, [[New Perspectives Theater]]
 
*[[Kathleen Potts]] - Theatre and Speech, CUNY City College; Playwright-in-residence, [[Monarch Theater Company]]
 
*[[Kathleen Potts]] - Theatre and Speech, CUNY City College; Playwright-in-residence, [[Monarch Theater Company]]
 
*[[John Hudson]] - [[Dramaturg]], [[Dark Lady Players]]
 
*[[John Hudson]] - [[Dramaturg]], [[Dark Lady Players]]
  
'''No Families, No Justice: Building a Family-Inclusive Left Movement'''
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'''No Families, No Justice: Building a Family-Inclusive Left Movement:'''
 
 
 
[[PM Press]]
 
[[PM Press]]
 
*[[Jennifer Silverman]], (Chair) - editor, ''My Baby Rides the Short Bus: the Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities'' ([[PM Press]], 2009); core member, m*a*m*a ([[mothers alliance for mutual aid]])
 
*[[Jennifer Silverman]], (Chair) - editor, ''My Baby Rides the Short Bus: the Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities'' ([[PM Press]], 2009); core member, m*a*m*a ([[mothers alliance for mutual aid]])
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*[[Zera Priestess]] - Board Chair, Sistas on the Rise, Inc. ([[SOTR]]); founder, [[SoulSWEET Sanctuary]]
 
*[[Zera Priestess]] - Board Chair, Sistas on the Rise, Inc. ([[SOTR]]); founder, [[SoulSWEET Sanctuary]]
  
'''The Mass Psychology of Capitalism: Dialectical Contradictions in the Realm of the Psyche'''
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'''The Mass Psychology of Capitalism: Dialectical Contradictions in the Realm of the Psyche:'''
 
 
 
*[[Alan Weinerman]], (Chair) - [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]; [[MindFreedom International]]
 
*[[Alan Weinerman]], (Chair) - [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]; [[MindFreedom International]]
 
*[[Harriet Fraad]] - Founding Mother of the Women's Movement; Author, ''Class Struggle on the Home Front''
 
*[[Harriet Fraad]] - Founding Mother of the Women's Movement; Author, ''Class Struggle on the Home Front''
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*[[Alan Weinerman]] - [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]; [[MindFreedom International]]
 
*[[Alan Weinerman]] - [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]; [[MindFreedom International]]
  
'''America's Two Depressions: One Economic, One Psychological'''
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'''America's Two Depressions: One Economic, One Psychological:'''
 
 
 
*[[Harriet Fraad]], (Chair) - [[Manifesto Group]]; [[International Psychohistory Association]]
 
*[[Harriet Fraad]], (Chair) - [[Manifesto Group]]; [[International Psychohistory Association]]
 
*[[Andres Ramirez]] - Education, Rhode Island College
 
*[[Andres Ramirez]] - Education, Rhode Island College
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*[[Richard Greeman]] - English translator of Victor Serge
 
*[[Richard Greeman]] - English translator of Victor Serge
 
*[[Lauren Langman]] - Loyola University of Chicago, [[Global Studies Association]]
 
*[[Lauren Langman]] - Loyola University of Chicago, [[Global Studies Association]]
 
 
  
==Education==
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===Education===
 
 
'''Conducting Critical Social Science Research'''
 
  
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'''Conducting Critical Social Science Research:'''
 
*[[George Sanders]], (Chair) - Oakland University
 
*[[George Sanders]], (Chair) - Oakland University
 
[[Ishay Landa]] - The Open University, Ra'anana, Israel
 
[[Ishay Landa]] - The Open University, Ra'anana, Israel
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[[Ricardo Dello Buono]] - Manhattan College
 
[[Ricardo Dello Buono]] - Manhattan College
  
'''Teaching About Palestine'''
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'''Teaching About Palestine:'''
 
 
 
[[Radical Teacher]]
 
[[Radical Teacher]]
 
*[[Richard Ohmann]] (Chair) - Wesleyan University (Emeritus); Author, ''English in America'', ''Politics of Letters'', and ''Making and Selling Culture''  
 
*[[Richard Ohmann]] (Chair) - Wesleyan University (Emeritus); Author, ''English in America'', ''Politics of Letters'', and ''Making and Selling Culture''  
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*[[Ellen Cantarow]] - [[Independent journalist]]
 
*[[Ellen Cantarow]] - [[Independent journalist]]
  
'''From the Campus to the "Real World": Keeping the Student Activist Spirit Alive Post Graduation'''
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'''From the Campus to the "Real World": Keeping the Student Activist Spirit Alive Post Graduation:'''
 
 
 
*[[John Cronan Jr.]], (Chair) - [[Organization for a Free Society]]
 
*[[John Cronan Jr.]], (Chair) - [[Organization for a Free Society]]
 
*[[Ashley Marinaccio]] - [[Co-Op Theatre East]]; [[Project Girl Performance Collective]]
 
*[[Ashley Marinaccio]] - [[Co-Op Theatre East]]; [[Project Girl Performance Collective]]
 
*[[Faiza N. Ali]] - [[Council on American Islamic Relations]]
 
*[[Faiza N. Ali]] - [[Council on American Islamic Relations]]
  
'''Academic Repression: Book Talk'''
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'''Academic Repression: Book Talk:'''
 
 
 
[[Theory and Action]]
 
[[Theory and Action]]
 
Chair: [[Anthony J. Nocella, II]]
 
Chair: [[Anthony J. Nocella, II]]
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*[[Deric Shannon]] - University of Connecticut
 
*[[Deric Shannon]] - University of Connecticut
  
'''Educating Youth in These Conservative Times: Cultural-Politics, Possibilities, and Strategies for Improving Urban Schooling'''
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'''Educating Youth in These Conservative Times: Cultural-Politics, Possibilities, and Strategies for Improving Urban Schooling:'''
 
 
 
*[[Biany Perez]], (Chair) - Arts and Education Program Administrator, Art Sanctuary
 
*[[Biany Perez]], (Chair) - Arts and Education Program Administrator, Art Sanctuary
 
[[Decoteau J. Irby]] - [[AAKT]] (Action, Advocacy, Knowledge, and Training), [[Concepts LLC]]
 
[[Decoteau J. Irby]] - [[AAKT]] (Action, Advocacy, Knowledge, and Training), [[Concepts LLC]]
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[[Patrick Camangian]] - [[Teacher Education]], [[Urban Ed.]], and [[Social Justice]], University of San Francisco; English Teacher, Mandela High School, Oakland, California
 
[[Patrick Camangian]] - [[Teacher Education]], [[Urban Ed.]], and [[Social Justice]], University of San Francisco; English Teacher, Mandela High School, Oakland, California
  
'''From the Campus to the "Real World": Keeping the Student Activist Spirit Alive Post Graduation'''
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'''From the Campus to the "Real World": Keeping the Student Activist Spirit Alive Post Graduation:'''
 
 
 
Chair: [[John Cronan Jr.]]
 
Chair: [[John Cronan Jr.]]
 
*[[John Cronan Jr.]] - Organization for a Free Society ([[OFS]])
 
*[[John Cronan Jr.]] - Organization for a Free Society ([[OFS]])
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*[[Faiza N. Ali]] - Council on American Islamic Relations ([[CAIR]])
 
*[[Faiza N. Ali]] - Council on American Islamic Relations ([[CAIR]])
  
'''The Fight for Public Higher Education in New York City'''
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'''The Fight for Public Higher Education in New York City:'''
 
 
 
*[[Larry Hales]] - [[Students for Educational Rights]], [[CUNY Campaign to Defend Education]]
 
*[[Larry Hales]] - [[Students for Educational Rights]], [[CUNY Campaign to Defend Education]]
 
*[[Claudia O'Brien]] - C[[UNY Campaign to Defend Education]]
 
*[[Claudia O'Brien]] - C[[UNY Campaign to Defend Education]]
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[[PSC-CUNY]] member, TBA -  
 
[[PSC-CUNY]] member, TBA -  
  
'''Public Education: Privatization and Inequity'''
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'''Public Education: Privatization and Inequity:'''
 
 
 
*[[Donna Nevel]], (Chair) - community psychologist and popular educator
 
*[[Donna Nevel]], (Chair) - community psychologist and popular educator
 
*[[Ujju Aggarwal]] - [[Center for Immigrant Families]]  
 
*[[Ujju Aggarwal]] - [[Center for Immigrant Families]]  
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*[[Antonia Perez]] - [[Students Fighting for Equitable Admissions]] at Beacon High School
 
*[[Antonia Perez]] - [[Students Fighting for Equitable Admissions]] at Beacon High School
  
'''Economics for the Rest of Us: Teaching Economics to Workers'''
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'''Economics for the Rest of Us: Teaching Economics to Workers:'''
 
 
 
*[[Michael Merrill]], (Chair) -
 
*[[Michael Merrill]], (Chair) -
 
*[[Moshe Adler]], - Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. [[Center for Labor Studies]]; Columbia University
 
*[[Moshe Adler]], - Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. [[Center for Labor Studies]]; Columbia University
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*[[Kate Spaulding]] - [[Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Center for Labor Studies]]
 
*[[Kate Spaulding]] - [[Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Center for Labor Studies]]
  
'''The Case of California: Coming Soon to Schools Near you'''
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'''The Case of California: Coming Soon to Schools Near You:'''
 
 
 
*[[Kathryn Johnson]], (Chair) - San Francisco State University; [[Vampire Slayer Project]]  
 
*[[Kathryn Johnson]], (Chair) - San Francisco State University; [[Vampire Slayer Project]]  
 
*[[Kathy Emery]] - San Francisco Freedom School; San Francisco State, Political Science
 
*[[Kathy Emery]] - San Francisco Freedom School; San Francisco State, Political Science
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*[[Robert Meister]] - UC Santa Cruz, Council of University of California Faculty; UC Santa Cruz, Politics
 
*[[Robert Meister]] - UC Santa Cruz, Council of University of California Faculty; UC Santa Cruz, Politics
  
'''Politics of the Contemporary American Student Left'''
+
'''Politics of the Contemporary American Student Left:'''
 
 
 
*[[Pam Nogales]], (Chair) - [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Pam Nogales]], (Chair) - [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Ashley Weger]], - [[Platypus Affiliated Society]], (Depaul Chapter Head)
 
*[[Ashley Weger]], - [[Platypus Affiliated Society]], (Depaul Chapter Head)
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*[[Easton Smith]] - Sarah Lawrence Student, [[Unite Here]] organizer
 
*[[Easton Smith]] - Sarah Lawrence Student, [[Unite Here]] organizer
  
'''Rethinking Education'''
+
'''Rethinking Education:'''
 
 
 
*[[Brian Kelly]], (Chair) - [[ZNet]]
 
*[[Brian Kelly]], (Chair) - [[ZNet]]
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]] - [[San Francisco Art Institute]], [[IWW]]
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]] - [[San Francisco Art Institute]], [[IWW]]
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*[[Pat Korte]] - [[Radical Student Union]], [[Organization for a Free Society]]
 
*[[Pat Korte]] - [[Radical Student Union]], [[Organization for a Free Society]]
  
'''The Fertile Grounds Project: Spaces for Youth To Be Youth/Education Over Indoctrination'''
+
'''The Fertile Grounds Project: Spaces for Youth To Be Youth/Education Over Indoctrination:'''
 
 
 
*[[Jonah Canner]], (Chair) - Co-founder/Educational Director, [[Fertile Grounds Project]]
 
*[[Jonah Canner]], (Chair) - Co-founder/Educational Director, [[Fertile Grounds Project]]
 
*[[Ileia Burgos]] - [[Movement In Motion Artists and Activists Collective]]
 
*[[Ileia Burgos]] - [[Movement In Motion Artists and Activists Collective]]
 
*[[Becky Raik]] - Co-founder/Executive Director, [[Fertile Grounds Project]]
 
*[[Becky Raik]] - Co-founder/Executive Director, [[Fertile Grounds Project]]
  
'''Academic Freedom Under Attack'''
+
'''Academic Freedom Under Attack:'''
 
 
 
*[[Snehal Shingavi]]
 
*[[Snehal Shingavi]]
 
*[[Margo Ramlal-Nankoe]]
 
*[[Margo Ramlal-Nankoe]]
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*[[Nagesh Rao]]
 
*[[Nagesh Rao]]
  
"Race to the Top" - Millions of Children Left Behind
+
'''"Race to the Top" - Millions of Children Left Behind:'''
 
 
 
[[Radical Teacher]]
 
[[Radical Teacher]]
 
*[[Susan O'Malley]], (Chair) - English, Kingsborough, CUNY; Liberal Studies, CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Susan O'Malley]], (Chair) - English, Kingsborough, CUNY; Liberal Studies, CUNY Graduate Center
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*[[Stan Karp]] - Editorial Board member and frequent contributor, [[Rethinking Schools]]
 
*[[Stan Karp]] - Editorial Board member and frequent contributor, [[Rethinking Schools]]
  
==Environment==  
+
===Environment===
 
 
'''Capitalism and Toxics Pollution: The Fight for Public Health'''
 
  
 +
'''Capitalism and Toxics Pollution: The Fight for Public Health:'''
 
*[[Karina Schaefer]], (Chair) -Rutgers University,  
 
*[[Karina Schaefer]], (Chair) -Rutgers University,  
 
*[[Lois Gibbs]], [[Center for Health, Environment & Justice]]
 
*[[Lois Gibbs]], [[Center for Health, Environment & Justice]]
 
*[[Joel Shufro]], [[New York Committee for Occupational Health and Safety]]
 
*[[Joel Shufro]], [[New York Committee for Occupational Health and Safety]]
  
'''Hydro/Petrol Federal-Corporatism Under Fire'''
+
'''Hydro/Petrol Federal-Corporatism Under Fire:'''
 
 
 
*[[Catherine Mulder]], John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
 
*[[Catherine Mulder]], John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
 
*[[Fabian Balardini]], Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
 
*[[Fabian Balardini]], Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
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*[[Kenneth Levin]], Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
 
*[[Kenneth Levin]], Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
  
'''Nuclear Revival?'''
+
'''Nuclear Revival?:'''
 
 
 
*[[Karen Charman]], Managing Editor, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Karen Charman]], Managing Editor, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Mary Olson]], Director, Southeast Office, [[Nuclear Information and Resource Service]]
 
*[[Mary Olson]], Director, Southeast Office, [[Nuclear Information and Resource Service]]
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*[[Deb Katz]], Executive Director, [[Citizens Awareness Network]].
 
*[[Deb Katz]], Executive Director, [[Citizens Awareness Network]].
  
'''No Fracking Way! The Politics and Ecology of Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale'''
+
'''No Fracking Way! The Politics and Ecology of Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale:'''
 
 
 
*[[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Karen Charman]], Managing Editor, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Karen Charman]], Managing Editor, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
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*[[Irwin Sperber]], Sociology, SUNY, New Paltz
 
*[[Irwin Sperber]], Sociology, SUNY, New Paltz
  
'''Climate Change and the Global South: Upcoming World Climate Conference in Bolivia'''
+
'''Climate Change and the Global South: Upcoming World Climate Conference in Bolivia:'''
 
 
 
*[[Alex van Schaick]], (Chair)  
 
*[[Alex van Schaick]], (Chair)  
 
Ambassador [[Pablo Solon]], [[UN Mission of Bolivia]]
 
Ambassador [[Pablo Solon]], [[UN Mission of Bolivia]]
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*[[Maggie Zhou]], [[Climate Justice]]  
 
*[[Maggie Zhou]], [[Climate Justice]]  
  
'''Is Climate Change Hot Enough to Rekindle the Imagination of the Left? (Part I of II)'''
+
'''Is Climate Change Hot Enough to Rekindle the Imagination of the Left? (Part I of II):'''
 
 
 
[[New Politics]]
 
[[New Politics]]
 
*[[Jenny Greeman]], (Chair) - Resident Director, [[Dark Lady Players]]; Program Manager, [[New Perspectives Theater]]
 
*[[Jenny Greeman]], (Chair) - Resident Director, [[Dark Lady Players]]; Program Manager, [[New Perspectives Theater]]
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*[[Brian Tokar]] - [[Institute for Social Ecology]], [[Climate SOS]]
 
*[[Brian Tokar]] - [[Institute for Social Ecology]], [[Climate SOS]]
  
'''Dirty Gas, Oil, and Coal: The Fossil Fuel Problematic and Some Solutions'''
+
'''Dirty Gas, Oil, and Coal: The Fossil Fuel Problematic and Some Solutions:'''
 
 
 
*[[Karen Charman]], (Chair) - Managing Editor, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Karen Charman]], (Chair) - Managing Editor, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Julian Rodriguez-Drix]], [[ShaleShock Alliance]] and [[Alliance for Climate Education]]
 
*[[Julian Rodriguez-Drix]], [[ShaleShock Alliance]] and [[Alliance for Climate Education]]
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*[[Richard Grossman]], [[Independent historian]]
 
*[[Richard Grossman]], [[Independent historian]]
  
'''Impacts of and Responses to Climate Change'''
+
'''Impacts of and Responses to Climate Change:'''
 
 
 
*[[Arun Gupta]], (Chair)- [[The Indypendent]] and [[Alternet]], Moderator  
 
*[[Arun Gupta]], (Chair)- [[The Indypendent]] and [[Alternet]], Moderator  
 
*[[Christian Parenti]], [[The Nation]]
 
*[[Christian Parenti]], [[The Nation]]
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*[[Tina Gerhardt]], Columbia University
 
*[[Tina Gerhardt]], Columbia University
  
'''Organizing for Climate Justice'''
+
'''Organizing for Climate Justice:'''
 
 
 
*[[Brian Tokar]], (Chair), [[Institute for Social Ecology]]; [[Climate SOS]]
 
*[[Brian Tokar]], (Chair), [[Institute for Social Ecology]]; [[Climate SOS]]
 
*[[Cecil Corbin-Mark]], [[WEACT]], (West Harlem Environmental Action)
 
*[[Cecil Corbin-Mark]], [[WEACT]], (West Harlem Environmental Action)
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*[[Rose Brewer]], [[AfroEco]], [[Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota]]
 
*[[Rose Brewer]], [[AfroEco]], [[Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota]]
  
'''Speciesm: The Forgotten Oppression -- Why Should The Left Care?'''
+
'''Speciesm: The Forgotten Oppression -- Why Should The Left Care?:'''
 
 
 
*[[Kamil Ghoshal]], (Chair), [[Philosophy In Action Network]]; [[Cantonese and Toisan Cultural Society]]
 
*[[Kamil Ghoshal]], (Chair), [[Philosophy In Action Network]]; [[Cantonese and Toisan Cultural Society]]
 
*[[John Sanbonmatsu]], Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 
*[[John Sanbonmatsu]], Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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*[[Pamela Rice]], [[VivaVegie Society]]  
 
*[[Pamela Rice]], [[VivaVegie Society]]  
  
'''Post-Copenhagen Politics of Climate Change'''
+
'''Post-Copenhagen Politics of Climate Change:'''
 
 
 
[[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
[[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Joel Kovel]], (Chair), Editor-in-Chief, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 
*[[Joel Kovel]], (Chair), Editor-in-Chief, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
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*[[David Schwartzman]], Howard University
 
*[[David Schwartzman]], Howard University
  
'''Why Green Capitalism Can't Solve the Climate Crisis'''
+
'''Why Green Capitalism Can't Solve the Climate Crisis:'''
 
 
 
[[International Socialist Review]]
 
[[International Socialist Review]]
 
*[[Chris Williams]], (Chair), [[International Socialist Review]]
 
*[[Chris Williams]], (Chair), [[International Socialist Review]]
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*[[Fred Magdoff]], [[Monthly Review]]
 
*[[Fred Magdoff]], [[Monthly Review]]
  
'''The Urban Industrial Complex and Emergent Forms of Environmentalism'''
+
'''The Urban Industrial Complex and Emergent Forms of Environmentalism:'''
 
 
 
*[[Brandon Schlueter]], (Chair), [[Pace]]
 
*[[Brandon Schlueter]], (Chair), [[Pace]]
 
*[[Judith Pajo]], [[Pace]]
 
*[[Judith Pajo]], [[Pace]]
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*[[Adam Reichardt]], [[Pace]]
 
*[[Adam Reichardt]], [[Pace]]
  
'''Is Climate Change Hot Enough to Rekindle the Imagination of the Left? (Part II of II)'''
+
'''Is Climate Change Hot Enough to Rekindle the Imagination of the Left? (Part II of II):'''
 
 
 
[[New Politics]]
 
[[New Politics]]
 
*[[Jenny Greeman]], (Chair), Resident Director, [[Dark Lady Players]]; Program Manager, [[New Perspectives Theater]]
 
*[[Jenny Greeman]], (Chair), Resident Director, [[Dark Lady Players]]; Program Manager, [[New Perspectives Theater]]
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*[[R. Michael M'Gonigle]]
 
*[[R. Michael M'Gonigle]]
  
==Food==
+
===Food===
 
 
'''The Logic of Capitalism: Understanding Water, Food, and Environmental Crises'''
 
  
 +
'''The Logic of Capitalism: Understanding Water, Food, and Environmental Crises:'''
 
*Dr. [[Meghana V. Nayak]], (Chair), Political Science, [[Pace]]  
 
*Dr. [[Meghana V. Nayak]], (Chair), Political Science, [[Pace]]  
 
*[[Andrew Theori]], [[Pace]]
 
*[[Andrew Theori]], [[Pace]]
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*[[Fred Wolf]], [[Pace]]
 
*[[Fred Wolf]], [[Pace]]
  
'''What Does Sustainable Agriculture Mean? How will we replace the corporate food supply? Can we have clean energy and clean agriculture?'''  
+
'''What Does Sustainable Agriculture Mean? How will we replace the corporate food supply? Can we have clean energy and clean agriculture?====  
  
 
*[[Nancy Romer]], (Chair) - Psychology, Brooklyn College, General Coordinator, [[Brooklyn Food Coalition]]
 
*[[Nancy Romer]], (Chair) - Psychology, Brooklyn College, General Coordinator, [[Brooklyn Food Coalition]]
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*[[Elizabeth Henderson]], [[Peacework Farm]], author, ''Sharing the Harvest''
 
*[[Elizabeth Henderson]], [[Peacework Farm]], author, ''Sharing the Harvest''
  
'''Parents, Teachers & Students Unite:  Health, Sustainability and Social Justice Through the School Food movement'''
+
'''Parents, Teachers & Students Unite:  Health, Sustainability and Social Justice Through the School Food movement====
  
 
*[[Nancy Romer]], (Chair), Psychology, Brooklyn College, General Coordinator, [[Brooklyn Food Coalition]]
 
*[[Nancy Romer]], (Chair), Psychology, Brooklyn College, General Coordinator, [[Brooklyn Food Coalition]]
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*[[Jeralyn Beach]], [[School Food]] Coordinator, Brooklyn
 
*[[Jeralyn Beach]], [[School Food]] Coordinator, Brooklyn
  
'''What does food sovereignty look like? Imagining food sovereignty from a variety of perspectives'''
+
'''What does food sovereignty look like? Imagining food sovereignty from a variety of perspectives:'''
 
 
 
Chair: [[Brenda Biddle]]
 
Chair: [[Brenda Biddle]]
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]], Znet San Fransisco School of Art
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]], Znet San Fransisco School of Art
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*[[Silvia Frederici]], Hofstra University emerita [[Committee for Academic Freedom Africa]]
 
*[[Silvia Frederici]], Hofstra University emerita [[Committee for Academic Freedom Africa]]
  
==Gender==
+
===Gender===
  
'''Introductory Session'''
+
'''Introductory Session:'''
 
Gender: [[Nancy Holmstrom]]  
 
Gender: [[Nancy Holmstrom]]  
  
'''Feminism Seduced: How Global Elites Use Women's Labor and Ideas to Exploit the World'''
+
'''Feminism Seduced: How Global Elites Use Women's Labor and Ideas to Exploit the World:'''
 
 
 
*[[Rupal Oza]], (Chair), Director, Women and Gender Studies, CUNY
 
*[[Rupal Oza]], (Chair), Director, Women and Gender Studies, CUNY
 
*[[Valerie Francisco]], Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY
 
*[[Valerie Francisco]], Sociology, Graduate Center, CUNY
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*[[Hester Eisenstein]], Sociology, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
 
*[[Hester Eisenstein]], Sociology, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
  
'''AIDS, Sex and Culture : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa -Author Meets Critics'''
+
'''AIDS, Sex and Culture : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa -Author Meets Critics:'''
 
 
 
*[[Hylton White]], (Chair), [[New School for Social Research]]
 
*[[Hylton White]], (Chair), [[New School for Social Research]]
 
*[[Zolani Ngwane]], Haverford College
 
*[[Zolani Ngwane]], Haverford College
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*[[Ida Susser]], Anthropology, Hunter College; CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Ida Susser]], Anthropology, Hunter College; CUNY Graduate Center
  
'''Feminism and Lesbianism: Bringing Women Together'''
+
'''Feminism and Lesbianism: Bringing Women Together:'''
 
 
 
*[[Amy Rose Spiegel]], (Chair), [[Pace]]
 
*[[Amy Rose Spiegel]], (Chair), [[Pace]]
 
*[[Lillian Lefkowitz]], [[Pace]]
 
*[[Lillian Lefkowitz]], [[Pace]]
Dr. [[Karla Jay]], [[Pace]]
+
*Dr. [[Karla Jay]], [[Pace]]
 
*[[Jeffrey Wolpert]], [[Pace]]
 
*[[Jeffrey Wolpert]], [[Pace]]
  
'''Envisioning a Post Sexist Society'''
+
'''Envisioning a Post Sexist Society:'''
 
 
 
*[[Chris Spannos]], (Chair), [[Znet]]
 
*[[Chris Spannos]], (Chair), [[Znet]]
 
*[[Lydia Sargent]], [[Z Magazine]]
 
*[[Lydia Sargent]], [[Z Magazine]]
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*[[Meaghan Linick-Loughley]], Anthropology, [[New School]]; [[Organization for a Free Society]]  
 
*[[Meaghan Linick-Loughley]], Anthropology, [[New School]]; [[Organization for a Free Society]]  
  
'''Women, Militancy and Organizing'''
+
'''Women, Militancy and Organizing:'''
 
 
 
*[[Christina Gerhardt]], (Chair) - Columbia University
 
*[[Christina Gerhardt]], (Chair) - Columbia University
 
*[[Laura Whitehorn]], [[New York Taskforce on Political Prisoners]]; the [[Feminist Press]]
 
*[[Laura Whitehorn]], [[New York Taskforce on Political Prisoners]]; the [[Feminist Press]]
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*[[Cleo Silvers]], [[Mount Sinai Center for Occupational]] and [[Environmental Medicine]], [[Maysles Film Institute]]
 
*[[Cleo Silvers]], [[Mount Sinai Center for Occupational]] and [[Environmental Medicine]], [[Maysles Film Institute]]
 
   
 
   
'''Revisiting the Legacy of Women's Liberation in Maoist China'''
+
 
 +
'''Revisiting the Legacy of Women's Liberation in Maoist China:'''
 
Chair: [[Di Bai]]
 
Chair: [[Di Bai]]
 
*[[Tao Qingmei]], [[Institute of Literature]], Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
 
*[[Tao Qingmei]], [[Institute of Literature]], Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
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*[[Di Bai]], Drew University
 
*[[Di Bai]], Drew University
  
==Health and housing==
+
===Health and housing===
  
'''Direct Action, Self-Determination and the Housing Crisis'''
+
'''Direct Action, Self-Determination and the Housing Crisis:'''
 
*[[Frank Morales]], (Chair), [[Picture the Homeless]]
 
*[[Frank Morales]], (Chair), [[Picture the Homeless]]
 
*[[DeBoRah Dickerson]], [[Picture the Homeless]]
 
*[[DeBoRah Dickerson]], [[Picture the Homeless]]
 
*[[Russell Pinsley]]
 
*[[Russell Pinsley]]
  
'''After the Health Reform Debacle: What Direction for Real Health Care Justice?'''
+
'''After the Health Reform Debacle: What Direction for Real Health Care Justice?:'''
 
[[Physicians for a National Health Program]]
 
[[Physicians for a National Health Program]]
 
Chair: [[Martha Livingston]]
 
Chair: [[Martha Livingston]]
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*[[Leonard Rodberg]], Queens College; [[Physicians for a National Health Program]]
 
*[[Leonard Rodberg]], Queens College; [[Physicians for a National Health Program]]
  
'''No More Affordable Housing Scams: Community Control of Land in New York City'''
+
'''No More Affordable Housing Scams: Community Control of Land in New York City:'''
 
 
 
[[Progressive Planning]]
 
[[Progressive Planning]]
 
*[[Tom Angotti]], (Chair), Hunter College, CUNY; [[Planners Network]]
 
*[[Tom Angotti]], (Chair), Hunter College, CUNY; [[Planners Network]]
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*[[Francesca Manning]], CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Francesca Manning]], CUNY Graduate Center
  
'''Morbid Symptoms: Health Care Under Capitalism'''
+
'''Morbid Symptoms: Health Care Under Capitalism:'''
 
 
 
[[Socialist Register]]
 
[[Socialist Register]]
 
*[[Vivek Chibber]], (Chair), Sociology, New York University
 
*[[Vivek Chibber]], (Chair), Sociology, New York University
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*[[Christoph Hermann]], [[Working Life Research Centre]], Vienna
 
*[[Christoph Hermann]], [[Working Life Research Centre]], Vienna
 
*[[Marie Gottschalk]], University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
 
*[[Marie Gottschalk]], University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
'''Bold text'''
 
  
==India==
+
===India===
  
'''Neo-Liberalism, State Repression and the Crisis of Indian Democracy'''
+
'''Neo-Liberalism, State Repression and the Crisis of Indian Democracy:'''
 
*[[Biju Mathew]], (Chair), [[South Asia Solidarity Initiative]]  
 
*[[Biju Mathew]], (Chair), [[South Asia Solidarity Initiative]]  
 
*[[Mohammed Junaid]], CUNY Graduate Center  
 
*[[Mohammed Junaid]], CUNY Graduate Center  
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*[[Ahilan Kadirgamar]],  [[South Asian Solidarity Initiative]]
 
*[[Ahilan Kadirgamar]],  [[South Asian Solidarity Initiative]]
  
'''Developmental Terrorism in India Today'''
+
'''Developmental Terrorism in India Today:'''
 
 
 
[[Sanhati]]
 
[[Sanhati]]
 
*[[Panayiotis T. Manolakos]], (Chair), - Sanhati
 
*[[Panayiotis T. Manolakos]], (Chair), - Sanhati
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*[[Siddhartha Mitra]], [[Sanhati]]
 
*[[Siddhartha Mitra]], [[Sanhati]]
  
==International==
+
===International===
  
'''Imperial Agenda: from Bush to Obama'''
+
'''Imperial Agenda: from Bush to Obama:'''
 
*[[Vivek Chibber]], (Chair), Sociology, New York University
 
*[[Vivek Chibber]], (Chair), Sociology, New York University
 
*[[Michael Schwartz]]  
 
*[[Michael Schwartz]]  
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*[[Stephen Shalom]]
 
*[[Stephen Shalom]]
  
'''Illusions and Interests: Perspectives on American Foreign Policy'''
+
'''Illusions and Interests: Perspectives on American Foreign Policy:'''
 
*[[Stephen Eric Bronner]], (Chair), Rutgers University
 
*[[Stephen Eric Bronner]], (Chair), Rutgers University
 
*[[Drucilla Cornell]], Rutgers University; University of Capetown
 
*[[Drucilla Cornell]], Rutgers University; University of Capetown
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*[[Stephen Eric Bronner]], Rutgers University
 
*[[Stephen Eric Bronner]], Rutgers University
  
'''Revolution in Nepal'''
+
'''Revolution in Nepal:'''
 
*[[Fanshen Wong,]] (Chair), [[Kasama Project]]
 
*[[Fanshen Wong,]] (Chair), [[Kasama Project]]
 
*[[Mike Ely]], [[The Kasama Project]]
 
*[[Mike Ely]], [[The Kasama Project]]
*[[Eric Ribellarsi]], [[The FIRE Collective]]
 
  
'''Social -Security Systems in Comparison: Europe and the US'''
+
'''Social -Security Systems in Comparison: Europe and the US:'''
 
*[[Robin Blackburn]], (Chair)
 
*[[Robin Blackburn]], (Chair)
 
*[[Lucy apRoberts]], University of Paris-Nanterre, [[European Institute of Wage Workers]]
 
*[[Lucy apRoberts]], University of Paris-Nanterre, [[European Institute of Wage Workers]]
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*[[Ruurik Holm]], coordinator, Left Forum, Finland
 
*[[Ruurik Holm]], coordinator, Left Forum, Finland
  
'''The Right to the City: Global Perspectives'''
+
'''The Right to the City: Global Perspectives:'''
 
*[[Peter Marcuse]], (Chair)  
 
*[[Peter Marcuse]], (Chair)  
 
*[[Tatiana Schor]]  
 
*[[Tatiana Schor]]  
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*[[Vinay Gidwani]]
 
*[[Vinay Gidwani]]
  
'''Crisis and Beyond: Re-evaluating Pakistan'''
+
'''Crisis and Beyond: Re-evaluating Pakistan:'''
 
*[[Ahilan Kadirgamar]], (Chair), [[South Asia Solidarity Initiative]]
 
*[[Ahilan Kadirgamar]], (Chair), [[South Asia Solidarity Initiative]]
 
*[[Naveeda Khan]], Dept of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
 
*[[Naveeda Khan]], Dept of Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
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*[[Veena Das]], Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
 
*[[Veena Das]], Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University
  
'''US Imperialism and Oil Politics: The Middle East, South Asia, and Africa'''
+
'''US Imperialism and Oil Politics: The Middle East, South Asia, and Africa:'''
 
*[[Deepa Kumar]], (Chair), Rutgers University
 
*[[Deepa Kumar]], (Chair), Rutgers University
 
*[[Michael Schwartz]], SUNY, Stony Brook
 
*[[Michael Schwartz]], SUNY, Stony Brook
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*[[Deepa Kumar]], Rutgers University
 
*[[Deepa Kumar]], Rutgers University
  
'''International Relations: Urban Guerrilla Movements, Europe and Latin America'''
+
'''International Relations: Urban Guerrilla Movements, Europe and Latin America:'''
 
*[[Immanuel Ness]], (Chair), Brooklyn College, CUNY
 
*[[Immanuel Ness]], (Chair), Brooklyn College, CUNY
 
*[[Christina Gerhardt]], Columbia University
 
*[[Christina Gerhardt]], Columbia University
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*[[Jeremy Varon]], [[New School for Social Research]] and Eugene Lang College
 
*[[Jeremy Varon]], [[New School for Social Research]] and Eugene Lang College
  
'''War Crimes and "Change"'''
+
'''War Crimes and "Change":'''
 
*[[Debra Sweet]], (Chair), national director of [[World Can't Wait]]
 
*[[Debra Sweet]], (Chair), national director of [[World Can't Wait]]
 
*[[Shayana Kadidal]], [[Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative]] at [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]
 
*[[Shayana Kadidal]], [[Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative]] at [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]
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*[[Laura Raymond]], the [[Education and Outreach Associate]] for CCR’s [[International Human Rights]] docket
 
*[[Laura Raymond]], the [[Education and Outreach Associate]] for CCR’s [[International Human Rights]] docket
  
'''Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism, and International Solidarity Today'''
+
'''Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism, and International Solidarity Today:'''
 
*[[Ryan Hardy]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Ryan Hardy]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Spencer Leonard]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Spencer Leonard]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Peter Hudis]], [[U.S. Marxist-Humanists]]
 
*[[Peter Hudis]], [[U.S. Marxist-Humanists]]
  
'''Beyond Walls and Cages: Abolitionist Perspectives on Migration & Mass Incarceration'''
+
'''Beyond Walls and Cages: Abolitionist Perspectives on Migration & Mass Incarceration:'''
 
*[[Seth Wessler]], (Chair), [[Applied Research Center]]
 
*[[Seth Wessler]], (Chair), [[Applied Research Center]]
 
*[[Jenna Loyd]], (co-Chair), [[Center for Place, Culture and Politics]], CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Jenna Loyd]], (co-Chair), [[Center for Place, Culture and Politics]], CUNY Graduate Center
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*[[Amy Gottlieb]], [[American Friends Service Committee]]
 
*[[Amy Gottlieb]], [[American Friends Service Committee]]
  
'''Leading the Battle against the Present Global Economic Crisis: Greece, Iran, Nigeria'''
+
'''Leading the Battle against the Present Global Economic Crisis: Greece, Iran, Nigeria:'''
 
*[[Suzi Weissman]], (Chair), Critique
 
*[[Suzi Weissman]], (Chair), Critique
 
*[[Yassamine Mather]], [[Economic crisis in Iran]]
 
*[[Yassamine Mather]], [[Economic crisis in Iran]]
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*[[Michael Matsas]], ''The December revolt in Greece: a message from the immediate future''
 
*[[Michael Matsas]], ''The December revolt in Greece: a message from the immediate future''
  
==Labor==
+
===Labor===
 
 
'''The Future of Labor in the U.S.'''
 
  
 +
'''The Future of Labor in the U.S.:'''
 
*Schimmel
 
*Schimmel
 
*[[Frances Fox Piven]], (Chair) - The Graduate Center, CUNY
 
*[[Frances Fox Piven]], (Chair) - The Graduate Center, CUNY
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*[[Elaine Bernard]], Director of the [[Harvard Trade Union Program]].
 
*[[Elaine Bernard]], Director of the [[Harvard Trade Union Program]].
  
'''U.S. Trade Unions and the Global Economic Crisis'''
+
'''U.S. Trade Unions and the Global Economic Crisis:'''
 
*[[Joshua Freeman]], (Chair)
 
*[[Joshua Freeman]], (Chair)
 
*[[Stewart Acuff]], [[Utility Workers Union of America]]
 
*[[Stewart Acuff]], [[Utility Workers Union of America]]
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*[[Ruth Milkman]], CUNY, [[Murphy Institute for Worker Education]] and Labor Studies
 
*[[Ruth Milkman]], CUNY, [[Murphy Institute for Worker Education]] and Labor Studies
  
'''Union Strategies, Poor People's Movements and Crisis'''
+
'''Union Strategies, Poor People's Movements and Crisis:'''
 
*[[Jan Rehmann]], (Chair), [[Union Theological Seminary]]
 
*[[Jan Rehmann]], (Chair), [[Union Theological Seminary]]
 
*[[Willie Baptist]], [[Poverty Initiative]]
 
*[[Willie Baptist]], [[Poverty Initiative]]
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*[[Lian Hurst Mann]], [[National School for Strategic Organizing]]
 
*[[Lian Hurst Mann]], [[National School for Strategic Organizing]]
 
*[[Christina Kaindl]], [["We-Won't-Pay-for-Your-Crisis" Coalition]], Germany
 
*[[Christina Kaindl]], [["We-Won't-Pay-for-Your-Crisis" Coalition]], Germany
+
 
'''Clean Energy Transition: Decentralized Worker/Community Control vs. Centralized Corporate/State Control'''
+
'''Clean Energy Transition: Decentralized Worker/Community Control vs. Centralized Corporate/State Control:'''
 
*[[Bill Resnick]], (Chair), [[KBOO Radio]], 90.7fm; [[Portland Jobs with Justice]]
 
*[[Bill Resnick]], (Chair), [[KBOO Radio]], 90.7fm; [[Portland Jobs with Justice]]
 
*[[Howie Hawkins]], [[Green Party of New York]], [[Teamsters for a Democratic Union]]
 
*[[Howie Hawkins]], [[Green Party of New York]], [[Teamsters for a Democratic Union]]
 
*[[Megan Finn]], [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]], [[Local 3 Solidarity]]
 
*[[Megan Finn]], [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]], [[Local 3 Solidarity]]
  
'''Rebel Rank and File'''
+
'''Rebel Rank and File:'''
 
*[[Cal Winslow]]
 
*[[Cal Winslow]]
 
*[[Aaron Brenner]], Co-editor, ''Rebel Rank and File''; Editor, ''The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History''
 
*[[Aaron Brenner]], Co-editor, ''Rebel Rank and File''; Editor, ''The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History''
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*[[Steve Early]], Former Communications [[Workers of America]] organizer, Author, [[Embedded With Organized Labor]]  
 
*[[Steve Early]], Former Communications [[Workers of America]] organizer, Author, [[Embedded With Organized Labor]]  
  
'''How Should Friends of Labor on the Left Respond To Conflicts Within and Between Unions?”'''
+
'''How Should Friends of Labor on the Left Respond To Conflicts Within and Between Unions?”:'''
 
[[WorkingUSA]]
 
[[WorkingUSA]]
 
*[[Manny Ness]], (Chair), Editor, [[WorkingUSA]]; Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY
 
*[[Manny Ness]], (Chair), Editor, [[WorkingUSA]]; Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY
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*[[Godfrey Vincent]], History, James Madison University
 
*[[Godfrey Vincent]], History, James Madison University
  
 
+
'''Struggles of an Independent Radical Union: The Case of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance:'''
'''Struggles of an Independent Radical Union: The Case of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance'''
 
 
*[[Victor Salazar]], (Chair), [[New York Taxi Workers Alliance]]
 
*[[Victor Salazar]], (Chair), [[New York Taxi Workers Alliance]]
 
*[[Ed Ott]], Former Executive Director, [[New York City Central Labor Council]]; Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute, CUNY
 
*[[Ed Ott]], Former Executive Director, [[New York City Central Labor Council]]; Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute, CUNY
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*[[Biju Mathew]], [[New York Taxi Workers Alliance]]
 
*[[Biju Mathew]], [[New York Taxi Workers Alliance]]
  
'''How to Fight Disappearing Jobs and Falling Wages: Labor Strategies in the Epoch of Low-wage Capitalism'''
+
'''How to Fight Disappearing Jobs and Falling Wages: Labor Strategies in the Epoch of Low-wage Capitalism:'''
 
*[[Dee Knight]], (Chair)
 
*[[Dee Knight]], (Chair)
 
*[[Fred Goldstein]], [[Workers World]] newspaper
 
*[[Fred Goldstein]], [[Workers World]] newspaper
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*[[Berna Ellorin]], US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, [[BAYAN USA]]
 
*[[Berna Ellorin]], US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, [[BAYAN USA]]
  
'''Union Reform from Below: US, Canada and Puerto Rico'''
+
'''Union Reform from Below: US, Canada and Puerto Rico:'''
 
[[Against the Current]]
 
[[Against the Current]]
 
*[[Charles Post]], (Chair), Professional Staff Congress-AFT 2334
 
*[[Charles Post]], (Chair), Professional Staff Congress-AFT 2334
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*[[Steve Downs]], Chair, [[Train Operators Division]], [[Transport Workers' Union]], Local 100
 
*[[Steve Downs]], Chair, [[Train Operators Division]], [[Transport Workers' Union]], Local 100
  
'''Comparative Labor Movements - Strategies and Class Struggles'''
+
'''Comparative Labor Movements - Strategies and Class Struggles:'''
 
*[[Immanuel Ness]], (Chair), Brooklyn College, CUNY
 
*[[Immanuel Ness]], (Chair), Brooklyn College, CUNY
 
*[[Dario Azzellini]], Johann-Wolgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a.M. Universit of Linz
 
*[[Dario Azzellini]], Johann-Wolgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt a.M. Universit of Linz
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*[[Jo Nakajima]], Chiba University of Commerce
 
*[[Jo Nakajima]], Chiba University of Commerce
 
*[[Alan Tuckman]], Nottingham Business School
 
*[[Alan Tuckman]], Nottingham Business School
*[[Hae-Lin Choi]], Freie Universität Berlin Communications [[Workers of America]]
+
*[[Hae-Lin Choi]], Freie Universität Berlin [[Communications Workers of America]]
 
*[[Coen Hussein Pontoh]], Brooklyn College/CUNY
 
*[[Coen Hussein Pontoh]], Brooklyn College/CUNY
 
http://www.keywiki.org/skins/common/images/button_italic.png
 
http://www.keywiki.org/skins/common/images/button_italic.png
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*[[Victor Wallis]], [[Socialism and Democracy]], Berkley College of Music
 
*[[Victor Wallis]], [[Socialism and Democracy]], Berkley College of Music
  
'''Building the Power of Immigrant Workers in NYC's Vast Food Industry'''
+
'''Building the Power of Immigrant Workers in NYC's Vast Food Industry:'''
 
*[[Daniel Gross]], (Chair), Executive Director, [[Brandworkers]]; Executive Committee Member, [[National Lawyers Guild Labor & Employment Committee]]
 
*[[Daniel Gross]], (Chair), Executive Director, [[Brandworkers]]; Executive Committee Member, [[National Lawyers Guild Labor & Employment Committee]]
 
*[[Sekou Siby]], Co-Director, [[Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York]]; Former Restaurant Worker
 
*[[Sekou Siby]], Co-Director, [[Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York]]; Former Restaurant Worker
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*[[Liberte Locke]], Organizer, [[Industrial Workers of the World]], [[Starbucks Workers Union]]
 
*[[Liberte Locke]], Organizer, [[Industrial Workers of the World]], [[Starbucks Workers Union]]
  
'''Telling The Story of Working Class Life, Work, and Organization - In Non-Fiction and Fiction'''
+
'''Telling The Story of Working Class Life, Work, and Organization - In Non-Fiction and Fiction:'''
 
[[Monthly Review Press]] and [[Cornell ILR Press]]
 
[[Monthly Review Press]] and [[Cornell ILR Press]]
 
*[[Steve Early]], (Chair), [[Former Communications Workers of America]] organizer, Author, ''Embedded With Organized Labor''  
 
*[[Steve Early]], (Chair), [[Former Communications Workers of America]] organizer, Author, ''Embedded With Organized Labor''  
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*[[Gregory A. Butler]], Interior Systems Carpenter; Shop Steward in local 608, [[United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America]]; [[GANG BOX]]: [[Construction Workers News Service]]
 
*[[Gregory A. Butler]], Interior Systems Carpenter; Shop Steward in local 608, [[United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America]]; [[GANG BOX]]: [[Construction Workers News Service]]
  
'''Transnational Labor Movements'''
+
'''Transnational Labor Movements:'''
 
*[[Working USA]]: [[The Journal of Labor and Society]]
 
*[[Working USA]]: [[The Journal of Labor and Society]]
 
*[[Jamie McCallum]], (Chair), CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Jamie McCallum]], (Chair), CUNY Graduate Center
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*[[Saket Soni]], [[New Orleans Center for Racial Justice]]
 
*[[Saket Soni]], [[New Orleans Center for Racial Justice]]
  
'''The Awesome Power of Union Democracy and its Implications for Dramatic Social Change'''
+
'''The Awesome Power of Union Democracy and its Implications for Dramatic Social Change:'''
 
*[[Daniel Gross]], (Chair), - Executive Director, [[Brandworkers International Executive Committee]] Member, [[National Lawyers Guild]], [[Labor & Employment Committee]]
 
*[[Daniel Gross]], (Chair), - Executive Director, [[Brandworkers International Executive Committee]] Member, [[National Lawyers Guild]], [[Labor & Employment Committee]]
 
(Kevin) [[Harry Harrington]], Vice President, [[Transport Workers Union]], Local 100 Member, [[Take Back Our Union]]
 
(Kevin) [[Harry Harrington]], Vice President, [[Transport Workers Union]], Local 100 Member, [[Take Back Our Union]]
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*[[Vance Hinton]], Member, [[Industrial Workers of the World]], [[Starbucks Workers Union]];  Henry George School
 
*[[Vance Hinton]], Member, [[Industrial Workers of the World]], [[Starbucks Workers Union]];  Henry George School
  
'''Undermining Capitalism: The Stella D’oro Strike, Committed Art, and Revolutionary Change'''
+
'''Undermining Capitalism: The Stella D’oro Strike, Committed Art, and Revolutionary Change:'''
 
*[[John Maerhofer]], (Chair), English, Queens College, CUNY
 
*[[John Maerhofer]], (Chair), English, Queens College, CUNY
 
*[[Greg Nuñez]] and [[Priscilla Aviles]] - Independent filmmakers
 
*[[Greg Nuñez]] and [[Priscilla Aviles]] - Independent filmmakers
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*[[Mike Filippou]], [[Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers]] and [[Grain Millers International Union]], Shop Steward, Local 50
 
*[[Mike Filippou]], [[Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers]] and [[Grain Millers International Union]], Shop Steward, Local 50
  
 
+
'''Worker Control: The End of Capitalism or Capitalism's Only Salvation:'''
'''Worker Control: The End of Capitalism or Capitalism's Only Salvation'''
 
 
*[[Tylea Richard]], (Chair), Operations Coordinator at [[Green Worker Cooperatives]]
 
*[[Tylea Richard]], (Chair), Operations Coordinator at [[Green Worker Cooperatives]]
 
*[[Michael Elsas]], President of [[Cooperative Home Care Associates]]
 
*[[Michael Elsas]], President of [[Cooperative Home Care Associates]]
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*[[Omar Freilla]] is Founder and Team Coordinator at [[Green Worker Cooperatives]]
 
*[[Omar Freilla]] is Founder and Team Coordinator at [[Green Worker Cooperatives]]
  
==Latin America==
+
===Latin America===
  
'''The Proposal to Launch a Fifth Socialist International'''
+
'''The Proposal to Launch a Fifth Socialist International:'''
 
[[Venezuela Analysis]]
 
[[Venezuela Analysis]]
 
*[[Gregory Wilpert]], (Chair), Sociology, Brandeis University; [[ZNet]]; Editor, Venezuelanalysis.com
 
*[[Gregory Wilpert]], (Chair), Sociology, Brandeis University; [[ZNet]]; Editor, Venezuelanalysis.com
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*[[Thomas Ponniah]], [[World Social Forum]]
 
*[[Thomas Ponniah]], [[World Social Forum]]
  
'''Lessons from Venezuela: Achievements and Failures'''
+
'''Lessons from Venezuela: Achievements and Failures:'''
 
*[[Venezuela Analysis]]
 
*[[Venezuela Analysis]]
 
*[[Clara Irazabal]], (Chair), Columbia University, Assistant Professor of [[International Urban Planning]]
 
*[[Clara Irazabal]], (Chair), Columbia University, Assistant Professor of [[International Urban Planning]]
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*[[Gregory Wilpert]], Editor, Venezuelanalysis.com; Sociology, Brandeis University
 
*[[Gregory Wilpert]], Editor, Venezuelanalysis.com; Sociology, Brandeis University
  
'''U.S. Interventionism and Stability in Latin America'''
+
'''U.S. Interventionism and Stability in Latin America:'''
 
[[Venezuela Analysis]]
 
[[Venezuela Analysis]]
TBA (Chair)
 
 
*[[Mark Weisbrot]], [[Center for Economic and Policy Research]]
 
*[[Mark Weisbrot]], [[Center for Economic and Policy Research]]
 
*[[Bernardo Alvarez]], Ambassador, [[Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the USA]]
 
*[[Bernardo Alvarez]], Ambassador, [[Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the USA]]
 
*[[Mario Murillo]], Hofstra University
 
*[[Mario Murillo]], Hofstra University
  
'''Obama's Militarized Status Quo in Latin America'''
+
'''Obama's Militarized Status Quo in Latin America:'''
 
[[NACLA Report on the Americas]]
 
[[NACLA Report on the Americas]]
 
*[[Christy Thornton]], (Chair), History, NYU
 
*[[Christy Thornton]], (Chair), History, NYU
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*[[Joseph Nevins]], Vassar College
 
*[[Joseph Nevins]], Vassar College
  
'''Latin America: Moving Beyond Neoliberalism'''
+
'''Latin America: Moving Beyond Neoliberalism:'''
 
*[[Hobart Spalding]], (Chair), History, CUNY (Emeritus); Left Forum Board Member; Editorial Board Member, [[Socialism and Democracy]]
 
*[[Hobart Spalding]], (Chair), History, CUNY (Emeritus); Left Forum Board Member; Editorial Board Member, [[Socialism and Democracy]]
 
*[[Carlos Vilas]], Universidad Nacional Lanus
 
*[[Carlos Vilas]], Universidad Nacional Lanus
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*[[Emelio Betances]], Gettysburg College
 
*[[Emelio Betances]], Gettysburg College
  
'''The Honduran Coup and Its Aftermath'''
+
'''The Honduran Coup and Its Aftermath:'''
 
[[NACLA Report on the Americas]]
 
[[NACLA Report on the Americas]]
 
*[[Greg Grandin]]; [[Chris London]] (Chair)
 
*[[Greg Grandin]]; [[Chris London]] (Chair)
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*[[Suyapa Portillo]]
 
*[[Suyapa Portillo]]
  
'''Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners'''
+
'''Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners:'''
 +
 
 
*[[Ana M. Lopez]], (Chair), Humanities, Hostos Community College
 
*[[Ana M. Lopez]], (Chair), Humanities, Hostos Community College
 
*[[Michael Reyes Benavides]], Director of [[Batey Urbano Theater Company]], Chicago
 
*[[Michael Reyes Benavides]], Director of [[Batey Urbano Theater Company]], Chicago
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*[[Melissa Montero]], [[National Boricua Human Rights Network]]
 
*[[Melissa Montero]], [[National Boricua Human Rights Network]]
  
'''Solidarity in Latin America: Solidarity Economy and Bolivarian Socialism in Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela'''
+
'''Solidarity in Latin America: Solidarity Economy and Bolivarian Socialism in Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela:'''
 
*[[Mark Rego-Monteiro]], (Chair), [[Park Slope Food Co-op]] member/Co-owner; [[International Community Sustainable Development]], NYU
 
*[[Mark Rego-Monteiro]], (Chair), [[Park Slope Food Co-op]] member/Co-owner; [[International Community Sustainable Development]], NYU
*[[Ike Nahem]], Coordinator, [[Cuba Solidarity NY]]; [[Teamsters Union Member]]
+
*[[Ike Nahem]], Coordinator, [[Cuba Solidarity NY]]; Teamsters Union Member
 
 
 
*[[William Camacaro]], Chairperson, [[Bolivarian Circle NY]]
 
*[[William Camacaro]], Chairperson, [[Bolivarian Circle NY]]
  
'''Indigenous Mobilization and Resistance in the Andean Nations'''
+
'''Indigenous Mobilization and Resistance in the Andean Nations:'''
 
[[World War 4 Report]]
 
[[World War 4 Report]]
 
*[[Bill Weinberg]], (Chair) - [[WBAI Radio]], [[World War 4 Report]]
 
*[[Bill Weinberg]], (Chair) - [[WBAI Radio]], [[World War 4 Report]]
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*[[Mario Murillo]], [[WBAI Radio]], Hofstra University
 
*[[Mario Murillo]], [[WBAI Radio]], Hofstra University
  
'''Puerto Rico Can't Wait To Be Free'''
+
'''Puerto Rico Can't Wait To Be Free:'''
 
*[[Ana M. Lopez]], (Chair), Humanities, Hostos Community College
 
*[[Ana M. Lopez]], (Chair), Humanities, Hostos Community College
 
*[[Elma Beatriz Rosado]], Native Puerto Rican and spouse of [[Filiberto Ojeda Rios]]
 
*[[Elma Beatriz Rosado]], Native Puerto Rican and spouse of [[Filiberto Ojeda Rios]]
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*[[Ricardo Jimenez]], former political prisoner pardoned by Clinton
 
*[[Ricardo Jimenez]], former political prisoner pardoned by Clinton
  
==Marxism and theory==
+
===Marxism and theory===
  
'''Reimagining Society: The Nature of the Task'''
+
'''Reimagining Society: The Nature of the Task:'''
 
[[Schimmel]]
 
[[Schimmel]]
 
[[Z Communications]]
 
[[Z Communications]]
 
*[[Chris Spannos]], (Chair), [[ZNet]]
 
*[[Chris Spannos]], (Chair), [[ZNet]]
 
*[[Barbara Epstein]], [[Socialist Review]]; History, UC Santa Cruz.
 
*[[Barbara Epstein]], [[Socialist Review]]; History, UC Santa Cruz.
*[[Bill Fletcher Jr.]], BlackCommentator.com; Co-Author, ''Solidarity Divided''
+
*[[Bill Fletcher, Jr..]], BlackCommentator.com; Co-Author, ''Solidarity Divided''
 
*[[Michael Albert]], Co-founder, [[Z Magazine]] and [[ZNet]]
 
*[[Michael Albert]], Co-founder, [[Z Magazine]] and [[ZNet]]
  
'''Imagining Our Way from Here to There'''
+
'''Imagining Our Way from Here to There:'''
 
*[[Barbara Epstein]], (Chair), [[Socialist Review]]; History, UC Santa Cruz.
 
*[[Barbara Epstein]], (Chair), [[Socialist Review]]; History, UC Santa Cruz.
 
*[[Leo Panitch]], [[Socialist Register]]; Canada Research Chair, Comparative Political Economy; Political Science, York University
 
*[[Leo Panitch]], [[Socialist Register]]; Canada Research Chair, Comparative Political Economy; Political Science, York University
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*[[Stanley Aronowitz]], Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Stanley Aronowitz]], Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
  
'''Introductory Session'''
+
'''Introductory Session:'''
 
Dialectics: [[Bertell Ollman]]
 
Dialectics: [[Bertell Ollman]]
  
'''Introductory Session'''
+
'''Introductory Session:'''
 
Class: [[Richard Wolff]]
 
Class: [[Richard Wolff]]
  
'''A Dialogue on Class'''
+
'''A Dialogue on Class:'''
 
[[Rethinking Marxism]]
 
[[Rethinking Marxism]]
 
*[[Cathy Mulder]], (Chair), John Jay College, CUNY
 
*[[Cathy Mulder]], (Chair), John Jay College, CUNY
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*[[Erik Olin Wright]], Director and Series Editor of [[Verso's Real Utopias Project]], Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
*[[Erik Olin Wright]], Director and Series Editor of [[Verso's Real Utopias Project]], Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
'''Post-Identity Politcs'''
+
'''Post-Identity Politcs:'''
 
*[[Todd May]], (Chair), - Clemson, Philosophy and Religion
 
*[[Todd May]], (Chair), - Clemson, Philosophy and Religion
Harmony Goldberg - New York Study Group; Doctoral student, CUNY Graduate Center
+
*[[Harmony Goldberg]] - [[New York Study Group]]; Doctoral student, CUNY Graduate Center
Linda Alcoff - Hunter College, Philosophy
+
*[[Linda Alcoff]] - Hunter College, Philosophy
Kevin Alexander Gray - Author, Waiting for Lightning to Strike: the fundamental of Black Politics
+
*[[Kevin Alexander Gray]] - Author, Waiting for Lightning to Strike: the fundamental of Black Politics
  
'''Going Beyond the Crisis Means Overcoming Commodity Production and Wage Labor'''
+
'''Going Beyond the Crisis Means Overcoming Commodity Production and Wage Labor:'''
 
*[[John Garvey]], (Chair), [[NYC Taxi Rank and File Coalition]]; co-editors of [[Race Traitor]]
 
*[[John Garvey]], (Chair), [[NYC Taxi Rank and File Coalition]]; co-editors of [[Race Traitor]]
 
*[[Loren Goldner]], NYC writer and activist
 
*[[Loren Goldner]], NYC writer and activist
 
*[[Gifford Hartman]], member of the [[Insane Dialectical Posse]]
 
*[[Gifford Hartman]], member of the [[Insane Dialectical Posse]]
  
'''A Panel Discussion on Anarchism and Marxism'''
+
'''A Panel Discussion on Anarchism and Marxism:'''
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]], (Chair), San Francisco Art Institute, [[International Workers of the World]]
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]], (Chair), San Francisco Art Institute, [[International Workers of the World]]
 
*[[Cindy Milstein]], [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]]; [[Renewing the Anarchist Tradition]]
 
*[[Cindy Milstein]], [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]]; [[Renewing the Anarchist Tradition]]
 
*[[Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz]], Historian/writer
 
*[[Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz]], Historian/writer
  
'''Revolution and Marxist-Humanism in the 21st Century: On the centenary of Raya Dunayevskaya'''
+
'''Revolution and Marxist-Humanism in the 21st Century: On the centenary of Raya Dunayevskaya:'''
 
[[News & Letters]]
 
[[News & Letters]]
 
*[[Terry Moon]], (Chair), Women's Liberation writer and activist
 
*[[Terry Moon]], (Chair), Women's Liberation writer and activist
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*[[Fred Lavallasse]], Independent homeless activist/thinker
 
*[[Fred Lavallasse]], Independent homeless activist/thinker
  
'''The Fate of Socialism'''
+
'''The Fate of Socialism:'''
 
*[[Martha Rosler]], (Chair)  
 
*[[Martha Rosler]], (Chair)  
 
*[[Marshall Berman]]
 
*[[Marshall Berman]]
 
*[[Kenneth Levin]], Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
 
*[[Kenneth Levin]], Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
  
'''Envisioning Self-Governance'''
+
'''Envisioning Self-Governance:'''
 
[[Z Communications]]
 
[[Z Communications]]
 
*[[Peter Bohmer]], (Chair), [[ZNet]]
 
*[[Peter Bohmer]], (Chair), [[ZNet]]
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*[[Chris Mansour]], Parsons, [[The New School For Design]]
 
*[[Chris Mansour]], Parsons, [[The New School For Design]]
  
'''Rethinking Communism: Debating Badiou's Communist Hypothesis'''
+
'''Rethinking Communism: Debating Badiou's Communist Hypothesis====
 
[[Verso Books]]
 
[[Verso Books]]
 
*[[Maliha Safri]], (Chair),  Economics, Drew University, NJ
 
*[[Maliha Safri]], (Chair),  Economics, Drew University, NJ
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*[[Bruno Bosteels]], Spanish Literature, Cornell University
 
*[[Bruno Bosteels]], Spanish Literature, Cornell University
  
'''A Panel Discussion on Anarchism and Marxism'''
+
'''A Panel Discussion on Anarchism and Marxism:'''
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]], (Chair), San Francisco Art Institute, [[International Workers of the World]]
 
*[[Andrej Grubacic]], (Chair), San Francisco Art Institute, [[International Workers of the World]]
 
*[[Cindy Milstein]], [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]]; [[Renewing the Anarchist Tradition]]
 
*[[Cindy Milstein]], [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]]; [[Renewing the Anarchist Tradition]]
 
*[[Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz]], Historian/writer
 
*[[Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz]], Historian/writer
  
'''Marxism and Anarchism: The Relevance of Radical Traditions Today'''
+
'''Marxism and Anarchism: The Relevance of Radical Traditions Today:'''
 
*[[Blair Taylor]], (Chair)
 
*[[Blair Taylor]], (Chair)
 
*[[Ian Morrison]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Ian Morrison]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
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*[[Peter Staudenmaier]], Cornell University
 
*[[Peter Staudenmaier]], Cornell University
  
'''Socialism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past'''
+
'''Socialism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past:'''
 
[[Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation]]
 
[[Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation]]
 
*[[Robert Capistrano]], (Chair), [[Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation]]
 
*[[Robert Capistrano]], (Chair), [[Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation]]
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*[[Salvador Aguilar Sole]], University of Barcelona
 
*[[Salvador Aguilar Sole]], University of Barcelona
  
'''Alain Badiou's “Politics of Emancipation”: Controversies over the Framework and Future of the Communist Project'''
+
'''Alain Badiou's “Politics of Emancipation”: Controversies over the Framework and Future of the Communist Project:'''
 
*[[Alan Hausman]], (Chair), Philosophy, Hunter College, CUNY
 
*[[Alan Hausman]], (Chair), Philosophy, Hunter College, CUNY
 
*[[Nayi Duniya]], Contributor, [[Demarcations: A Journal of Communist Theory and Polemic]]
 
*[[Nayi Duniya]], Contributor, [[Demarcations: A Journal of Communist Theory and Polemic]]
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Respondent: [[John Gerassi]], Political Science, Queens College, CUNY
 
Respondent: [[John Gerassi]], Political Science, Queens College, CUNY
  
'''The Future of World Capitalism Book Panel 2: Concepts of Transition'''
+
'''The Future of World Capitalism Book Panel 2: Concepts of Transition:'''
 
*[[Radhika Desai]], (Chair), Politics, University of Manitoba Visiting Fellow, [[DESTIN]], London School of Economics
 
*[[Radhika Desai]], (Chair), Politics, University of Manitoba Visiting Fellow, [[DESTIN]], London School of Economics
 
*[[Alan Freeman]], University of Manitoba Greater London Authority (personal capacity)
 
*[[Alan Freeman]], University of Manitoba Greater London Authority (personal capacity)
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*[[Jack Rasmus]], Santa Clara University and Economics and Politics, St. Marys College
 
*[[Jack Rasmus]], Santa Clara University and Economics and Politics, St. Marys College
  
'''Rethinking Historical Materialism : Scottish Origins and Engelsistic Revisions'''
+
'''Rethinking Historical Materialism : Scottish Origins and Engelsistic Revisions:'''
 
*[[Prof. Norman Levine]], (Chair), Executive Director, [[Institute for International Policy]]
 
*[[Prof. Norman Levine]], (Chair), Executive Director, [[Institute for International Policy]]
 
*[[Frieder Otto Wolf]], Free University of Berlin; European Parliament member since 1984  
 
*[[Frieder Otto Wolf]], Free University of Berlin; European Parliament member since 1984  
 
*[[Danga Vileisis]], Free University of Berlin
 
*[[Danga Vileisis]], Free University of Berlin
  
'''New Perspectives on Marx's Concept of Socialism'''
+
'''New Perspectives on Marx's Concept of Socialism:'''
 
*[[Kevin B. Anderson]], (Chair), University of California, Santa Barbara
 
*[[Kevin B. Anderson]], (Chair), University of California, Santa Barbara
 
*[[Paresh Chattopadhyay]], Montreal, Canada
 
*[[Paresh Chattopadhyay]], Montreal, Canada
 
*[[Peter Hudis]], Oakton Community College, Illinois
 
*[[Peter Hudis]], Oakton Community College, Illinois
  
'''Remembering Giovanni Arrighi'''
+
'''Remembering Giovanni Arrighi:'''
 
[[Verso Books]]
 
[[Verso Books]]
 
*[[David Harvey]], (Chair), Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; Author, ''A Companion to Marx's Capital''
 
*[[David Harvey]], (Chair), Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; Author, ''A Companion to Marx's Capital''
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*[[Leo Panitch]], [[Socialist Register]]; Canada Research Chair, Comparative Political Economy; Political Science, York University
 
*[[Leo Panitch]], [[Socialist Register]]; Canada Research Chair, Comparative Political Economy; Political Science, York University
  
'''Critical Theory and Social Movements'''
+
'''Critical Theory and Social Movements:'''
 
*[[Simon Critchley]], (Chair), Philosophy, New School
 
*[[Simon Critchley]], (Chair), Philosophy, New School
 
*[[Boris Groys]], Aesthetics, Art History, and Media Theory, [[Center for Art and Media Technology]], Karlsruhe; Arts and Science, NYU
 
*[[Boris Groys]], Aesthetics, Art History, and Media Theory, [[Center for Art and Media Technology]], Karlsruhe; Arts and Science, NYU
 
*[[Todd May]], Philosophy and Religion, Clemson University
 
*[[Todd May]], Philosophy and Religion, Clemson University
  
'''The Materiality of Nations'''
+
'''The Materiality of Nations:'''
 
*[[Neil Davidson]], (Chair), Geography and Sociology, University of Strathclyde
 
*[[Neil Davidson]], (Chair), Geography and Sociology, University of Strathclyde
 
*[[Radhika Desai]], Politics, University of Manitoba Visiting Fellow, [[DESTIN]], London School of Economics
 
*[[Radhika Desai]], Politics, University of Manitoba Visiting Fellow, [[DESTIN]], London School of Economics
 
*[[John Riddell]], co-editor of [[Socialist Voice]]
 
*[[John Riddell]], co-editor of [[Socialist Voice]]
  
'''False Alternatives to Capitalism: Proudhonism and its Progeny'''
+
'''False Alternatives to Capitalism: Proudhonism and its Progeny:'''
 
[[Marxist-Humanist Initiative]]
 
[[Marxist-Humanist Initiative]]
 
*[[Mike Dola]], (Chair), [[Marxist-Humanist Initiative]]; student at Hunter College
 
*[[Mike Dola]], (Chair), [[Marxist-Humanist Initiative]]; student at Hunter College
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*[[Michael Joseph Roberto]], North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
 
*[[Michael Joseph Roberto]], North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  
'''Passive Revolution and Uneven and Combined Development, 'East' and 'West''''
+
'''Passive Revolution and Uneven and Combined Development, 'East' and 'West':'''
 
*[[Neil Smith]], (Chair), Graduate Center, CUNY
 
*[[Neil Smith]], (Chair), Graduate Center, CUNY
 
*[[Jamie Allinson]], University of Edinburgh
 
*[[Jamie Allinson]], University of Edinburgh
 
*[[Neil Davidson]], University of Strathclyde
 
*[[Neil Davidson]], University of Strathclyde
  
'''Seeing Marx Anew Via the MEGA Project'''
+
'''Seeing Marx Anew Via the MEGA Project:'''
 
*[[Kevin B. Anderson]], (Chair), University of California, Santa Barbara
 
*[[Kevin B. Anderson]], (Chair), University of California, Santa Barbara
 
*[[Wei Xiaoping]], Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
 
*[[Wei Xiaoping]], Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
 
*[[Amy E. Wendling]], Creighton University
 
*[[Amy E. Wendling]], Creighton University
  
'''Cooperatives, Class, and Value theory'''
+
'''Cooperatives, Class, and Value theory:'''
 
[[Rethinking Marxism]]
 
[[Rethinking Marxism]]
 
*[[Maliha Safri]], (Chair), Economics, Drew University; Associate Editor, [[Rethinking Marxism]]; [[Center for Popular Economics]]
 
*[[Maliha Safri]], (Chair), Economics, Drew University; Associate Editor, [[Rethinking Marxism]]; [[Center for Popular Economics]]
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*[[Bruce Roberts]], University of Southern Maine
 
*[[Bruce Roberts]], University of Southern Maine
  
==Media==
+
===Media===
  
'''Going Undercover: The Yes Men and Gumshoe Journalists Discuss Subterfuge and Satire in Activism and Investigative Journalism'''
+
'''Going Undercover: The Yes Men and Gumshoe Journalists Discuss Subterfuge and Satire in Activism and Investigative Journalism:'''
 
[[Schimmel]]
 
[[Schimmel]]
 
*[[Joseph Huff-Hannon]], (Chair), independent writer and producer;  recipient, [[James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism]]
 
*[[Joseph Huff-Hannon]], (Chair), independent writer and producer;  recipient, [[James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism]]
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*[[Ken Silverstein]], Investigative reporter and DC editor, [[Harper's magazine]]
 
*[[Ken Silverstein]], Investigative reporter and DC editor, [[Harper's magazine]]
  
'''Why Communications and Media Creation Can Forward Social Change''
+
'''Why Communications and Media Creation Can Forward Social Change:'''
 
[[Making Contact]], [www.radioproject.org]
 
[[Making Contact]], [www.radioproject.org]
 
*[[Lisa Rudman]], (Chair), [[National Radio Project]], [www.radioproject.org]
 
*[[Lisa Rudman]], (Chair), [[National Radio Project]], [www.radioproject.org]
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*[[Lisa Rudman]], [[Making Contact]]; [[National Radio Project]]
 
*[[Lisa Rudman]], [[Making Contact]]; [[National Radio Project]]
  
'''Network Failure: The Crisis of America’s Telecommunications Infrastructure'''
+
'''Network Failure: The Crisis of America’s Telecommunications Infrastructure:'''
 
*[[David Rosen]], (Chair), author, ''Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of Independent Films''
 
*[[David Rosen]], (Chair), author, ''Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of Independent Films''
 
*[[Bruce Kushnick]], telecommunications industry analyst
 
*[[Bruce Kushnick]], telecommunications industry analyst
 
*[[Susan Lerner]], Executive Director of [[Common Cause NY]].  
 
*[[Susan Lerner]], Executive Director of [[Common Cause NY]].  
  
'''Online Organizing: The Missed Opportunities and Challenges to Come'''
+
'''Online Organizing: The Missed Opportunities and Challenges to Come:'''
 
*[[Charles Lenchner]], (Chair) - Founder, [[Organizing 2.0]]
 
*[[Charles Lenchner]], (Chair) - Founder, [[Organizing 2.0]]
 
*[[Elana Levin]], Communications Director, [[Writers Guild of America]], East
 
*[[Elana Levin]], Communications Director, [[Writers Guild of America]], East
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*[[Michael Whitney]], Online organizer with [FireDogLake.org]
 
*[[Michael Whitney]], Online organizer with [FireDogLake.org]
  
'''Collaborative Democracy and the Internet: Humanity's Revolutionary Initiative'''
+
'''Collaborative Democracy and the Internet: Humanity's Revolutionary Initiative:'''
 
*[[Alfredo Lopez]], (Chair), [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
 
*[[Alfredo Lopez]], (Chair), [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
 
*[[Alfredo Lopez]], [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
 
*[[Alfredo Lopez]], [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
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*[[Mallory Knodel]], [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
 
*[[Mallory Knodel]], [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
  
'''The State Of Our Foreign News'''
+
'''The State Of Our Foreign News:'''
 
*[[Matt Pascarella]], (Chair)
 
*[[Matt Pascarella]], (Chair)
 
*[[Rachel Sterne]], CEO, [[Ground Report]], [[Love From Global Voices]]
 
*[[Rachel Sterne]], CEO, [[Ground Report]], [[Love From Global Voices]]
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*[[Ben Piven]], web producer, [[Worldfocus]]
 
*[[Ben Piven]], web producer, [[Worldfocus]]
  
'''Mass Media, Islam and the War on Terror'''
+
'''Mass Media, Islam and the War on Terror:'''
 
*[[Anthony DiMaggio]], (Chair), Illinois State University; [[Z Magazine]]
 
*[[Anthony DiMaggio]], (Chair), Illinois State University; [[Z Magazine]]
 
*[[Deepa Kumar]], Rutgers University; [[Critical Studies in Communication Journal]]
 
*[[Deepa Kumar]], Rutgers University; [[Critical Studies in Communication Journal]]
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*[[Danny Schechter]], Editor [Mediachannel.org]; Latest film: ''Plunder: the crime of our time''
 
*[[Danny Schechter]], Editor [Mediachannel.org]; Latest film: ''Plunder: the crime of our time''
  
'''ImMEDIAate Impact: Using Documentaries to organize for a New Progressive Imagination'''
+
'''ImMEDIAate Impact: Using Documentaries to organize for a New Progressive Imagination:'''
 
*[[Tami Gold]], (Chair), Film & Media Studies, Hunter College; Chapter Chair, [[PSC]], CUNY Hunter  
 
*[[Tami Gold]], (Chair), Film & Media Studies, Hunter College; Chapter Chair, [[PSC]], CUNY Hunter  
 
*[[Heidi J. Boisvert]], [[BREAKTHROUGH]]
 
*[[Heidi J. Boisvert]], [[BREAKTHROUGH]]
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*[[Priscila Néri]], [[WITNESS]]
 
*[[Priscila Néri]], [[WITNESS]]
  
 +
===Middle East===
  
==MIDDLE EAST==
+
'''Afghanistan/Pakistan/Yemen: Obama's New War:'''
 
 
'''Afghanistan/Pakistan/Yemen: Obama's New War'''
 
 
*[[Aaron Amaral]], (Chair), [[International Socialist Review]]
 
*[[Aaron Amaral]], (Chair), [[International Socialist Review]]
 
*[[Richard Seymour]], [[Lenin's Tomb]]
 
*[[Richard Seymour]], [[Lenin's Tomb]]
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*[[Ashley Smith]], [[International Socialist Review]]
 
*[[Ashley Smith]], [[International Socialist Review]]
  
'''The Green Movement and the Left: Prospects for Democracy in Iran'''
+
'''The Green Movement and the Left: Prospects for Democracy in Iran:'''
 
*[[Laura Lee Schmidt]], (Chair), [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]; History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT
 
*[[Laura Lee Schmidt]], (Chair), [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]; History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT
 
*[[Siyaves Azeri]], [[Worker-Communist Party of Iran]]
 
*[[Siyaves Azeri]], [[Worker-Communist Party of Iran]]
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*[[Saeed Rahnema]], York University
 
*[[Saeed Rahnema]], York University
  
'''Of Drones, Warlords and the Taliban: Ending the U.S./NATO Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan''
+
'''Of Drones, Warlords and the Taliban: Ending the U.S./NATO Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan:'''
 
[[Canadian Peace Alliance]] & [[Campaign for Peace and Democracy]]
 
[[Canadian Peace Alliance]] & [[Campaign for Peace and Democracy]]
 
*[[Thomas Harrison]] & [[Joanne Landy]] (Chairs), Co-Director, [[Campaign for Peace and Democracy]]; Editorial Board member, [[New Politics]]
 
*[[Thomas Harrison]] & [[Joanne Landy]] (Chairs), Co-Director, [[Campaign for Peace and Democracy]]; Editorial Board member, [[New Politics]]
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*[[Derrick O'Keefe]], Co-chair, [[Canadian Peace Alliance]]; author, ''A Woman Among Warlords''
 
*[[Derrick O'Keefe]], Co-chair, [[Canadian Peace Alliance]]; author, ''A Woman Among Warlords''
 
*[[Adaner Usmani]], Labor Party of Pakistan ([[LPP]]); [[Action for a Progressive Pakistan]]
 
*[[Adaner Usmani]], Labor Party of Pakistan ([[LPP]]); [[Action for a Progressive Pakistan]]
+
 
'''The Gaza Freedom March: Lessons and Challenges'''
+
'''The Gaza Freedom March: Lessons and Challenges:'''
 
*[[Alan Goodman]], (Chair), [[Revolution Newspaper]], "[[Gaza Freedom March]]"
 
*[[Alan Goodman]], (Chair), [[Revolution Newspaper]], "[[Gaza Freedom March]]"
*[[Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb]], cofounder of [[Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence]]
+
*Rabbi [[Lynn Gottlieb]], cofounder of [[Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence]]
 
*[[Diane Harriford]], co-author, ''When the Center is On Fire''
 
*[[Diane Harriford]], co-author, ''When the Center is On Fire''
 
*[[Felice Gelman]], steering committee member of the [[Gaza Freedom March]]  
 
*[[Felice Gelman]], steering committee member of the [[Gaza Freedom March]]  
 
*[[Fida Qishta]], Palestinian journalist
 
*[[Fida Qishta]], Palestinian journalist
  
'''Why Are We in Afghanistan?'''
+
'''Why Are We in Afghanistan?:'''
 
*[[Michael Zweig]], (Chair), [[Center for Study of Working Class Life]], SUNY Stony Brook
 
*[[Michael Zweig]], (Chair), [[Center for Study of Working Class Life]], SUNY Stony Brook
 
*[[Chris Vongsawat]], [[Iraq Veterans Against the War]]
 
*[[Chris Vongsawat]], [[Iraq Veterans Against the War]]
 
*[[Mindy Gershon]], 1199 [[SEIU]], [[US Labor Against the War]]
 
*[[Mindy Gershon]], 1199 [[SEIU]], [[US Labor Against the War]]
  
'''Confronting the "Museum of Tolerance" and the Mamilla Cemetery'''
+
'''Confronting the "Museum of Tolerance" and the Mamilla Cemetery:'''
 
*[[Joel Kovel]], (Chair), [[Committee for the Open Discussion of Zionism]]
 
*[[Joel Kovel]], (Chair), [[Committee for the Open Discussion of Zionism]]
 
*[[Helen Schiff]], [[Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism]]
 
*[[Helen Schiff]], [[Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism]]
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*[[Michael Steven Smith]], [[Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism]]
 
*[[Michael Steven Smith]], [[Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism]]
 
   
 
   
'''Iran: Current State of Affairs'''
+
'''Iran: Current State of Affairs:'''
 
 
 
*[[Reza Ghorashi]], (Chair), Richard Stockton College of NJ
 
*[[Reza Ghorashi]], (Chair), Richard Stockton College of NJ
 
*[[Thomas O'Donnell]], The New School, Graduate International Affairs
 
*[[Thomas O'Donnell]], The New School, Graduate International Affairs
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*[[Hamideh Sedghi]], Harvard University
 
*[[Hamideh Sedghi]], Harvard University
  
'''Afghanistan: Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Critical Conversation'''
+
'''Afghanistan: Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Critical Conversation:'''
 
[[Foreign Policy In Focus]]
 
[[Foreign Policy In Focus]]
 
*[[Mark Engler]], (Chair), [[Foreign Policy in Focus]]
 
*[[Mark Engler]], (Chair), [[Foreign Policy in Focus]]
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*[[Lorelei Kelly]], Director, [[New Strategic Security Initiative]]
 
*[[Lorelei Kelly]], Director, [[New Strategic Security Initiative]]
  
'''The Left and Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East: Iraq'''
+
'''The Left and Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East: Iraq:'''
 
Platypus
 
Platypus
 
*[[Laura Lee Schmidt]], (Chair), [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]; History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT
 
*[[Laura Lee Schmidt]], (Chair), [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]; History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture, MIT
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*[[Christopher Cutrone]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]; University of Chicago
 
*[[Christopher Cutrone]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]; University of Chicago
  
'''The Left and prospects for democracy in the Middle East: Iran'''
+
'''The Left and prospects for democracy in the Middle East: Iran:'''
Platypus
+
[[Platypus]]
 
*Chair: [[Laura Lee Schmidt]]
 
*Chair: [[Laura Lee Schmidt]]
 
*[[Siyaves Azeri]], [[Worker-communist Party of Iran]]
 
*[[Siyaves Azeri]], [[Worker-communist Party of Iran]]
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*[[Christopher Cutrone]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
 
*[[Christopher Cutrone]], [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
  
 +
===Political and Social Movements===
  
==POLITICAL AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS==
+
'''The History of May Day and the 2010 New York May Day March:'''
 
 
'''The History of May Day and the 2010 New York May Day March'''
 
 
*[[Larry Moskowitz]], (Chair), [[Left Labor Project]]
 
*[[Larry Moskowitz]], (Chair), [[Left Labor Project]]
*[[Ai Jen Poo]], former Executive Director, [[Domestic Workers United]]
+
*[[Ai-jen Poo]], former Executive Director, [[Domestic Workers United]]
 
*[[Chung-Wha Hong]], Executive Director, [[New York Immigration Coalition]]
 
*[[Chung-Wha Hong]], Executive Director, [[New York Immigration Coalition]]
 
*[[Ed Ott]], former Executive Director, [[New York City Central Labor Council]]
 
*[[Ed Ott]], former Executive Director, [[New York City Central Labor Council]]
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*[[Frances Liu]], Immigration Advocacy Field Coordinator, [[New York Immigration Coalition]]
 
*[[Frances Liu]], Immigration Advocacy Field Coordinator, [[New York Immigration Coalition]]
  
'''Understanding and Responding to the Crisis: The Left in Europe and the U.S.'''
+
'''Understanding and Responding to the Crisis: The Left in Europe and the U.S.:'''
 
[[Transform!]]
 
[[Transform!]]
 
*[[Walter Baier]], (Chair), Coordinator, [[Transform Network]]
 
*[[Walter Baier]], (Chair), Coordinator, [[Transform Network]]
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*[[Joao Romao]], [[Bloco de Esquerda and Cultra]], Portugal
 
*[[Joao Romao]], [[Bloco de Esquerda and Cultra]], Portugal
  
'''Organizing for the Anti-Capitalist Transition'''
+
'''Organizing for the Anti-Capitalist Transition:'''
 
*[[David Harvey,]] (Chair), Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; Author, ''A Companion to Marx's Capital''
 
*[[David Harvey,]] (Chair), Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; Author, ''A Companion to Marx's Capital''
 
*[[Cindy Milstein]], [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]]; [[Renewing the Anarchist Tradition]]
 
*[[Cindy Milstein]], [[Institute for Anarchist Studies]]; [[Renewing the Anarchist Tradition]]
 
*[[Mike Menser]], Brooklyn College, [[Brooklyn Food Coalition]]
 
*[[Mike Menser]], Brooklyn College, [[Brooklyn Food Coalition]]
  
'''Power From Below'''
+
'''Power From Below:'''
 
[[Left Forum]]
 
[[Left Forum]]
 
*[[Frances Fox Piven]], (Chair), The Graduate Center, CUNY
 
*[[Frances Fox Piven]], (Chair), The Graduate Center, CUNY
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*[[Robert Meister]], UC Santa Cruz, [[Council of University of California Faculty Associations]]
 
*[[Robert Meister]], UC Santa Cruz, [[Council of University of California Faculty Associations]]
  
'''Capitalism, Crisis and Alternative Possibilities'''
+
'''Capitalism, Crisis and Alternative Possibilities:'''
 
[[Critical Theory and Global Studies Association]]
 
[[Critical Theory and Global Studies Association]]
 
*[[Walda Katz-Fishman]], (Chair), Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University; [[US Social Forum]]; Board Chair, [[Project South]]
 
*[[Walda Katz-Fishman]], (Chair), Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University; [[US Social Forum]]; Board Chair, [[Project South]]
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*[[Richard Wolff]], Economics, UMass (Emeritus); International Affairs, New School University; [[Rethinking Marxism]]
 
*[[Richard Wolff]], Economics, UMass (Emeritus); International Affairs, New School University; [[Rethinking Marxism]]
  
'''Roundtable on Left Strategies in the Core Capitalist Countries'''
+
'''Roundtable on Left Strategies in the Core Capitalist Countries:'''
 
[[Transform!]]
 
[[Transform!]]
 
*[[Walter Baier]], (Chair), Coordinator, [[Transform Network]]
 
*[[Walter Baier]], (Chair), Coordinator, [[Transform Network]]
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*[[Cornelia Hildebrandt]], [[Die LINKE]]; [[Rosa Luxemburg Foundation]]
 
*[[Cornelia Hildebrandt]], [[Die LINKE]]; [[Rosa Luxemburg Foundation]]
  
'''Movement Building Spaces and Rekindling the Imagination'''
+
'''Movement Building Spaces and Rekindling the Imagination:'''
 
*[[Suren Moodliar]], (Chair), [[Massachusetts Global Action]]
 
*[[Suren Moodliar]], (Chair), [[Massachusetts Global Action]]
 
*[[Liz Mestres]], [[Brecht Forum]]
 
*[[Liz Mestres]], [[Brecht Forum]]
 
*[[Mallory Knodel]], [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
 
*[[Mallory Knodel]], [[May First]]/[[People Link]]
  
'''Beyond Fair Trade and Micro-Finance: Gift and Solidarity Economies'''
+
'''Beyond Fair Trade and Micro-Finance: Gift and Solidarity Economies:'''
 
[www.otherworldsareposssible.org]
 
[www.otherworldsareposssible.org]
 
*[[Andy Lin]], (Chair), Coordinating Committee Member and Artistic Coordinator, [[Other Worlds]]
 
*[[Andy Lin]], (Chair), Coordinating Committee Member and Artistic Coordinator, [[Other Worlds]]
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*[[Jessie Reilly]],  Co-Administrator, Time Interchange New York ([[T.I.N.Y.]]) Timebank  
 
*[[Jessie Reilly]],  Co-Administrator, Time Interchange New York ([[T.I.N.Y.]]) Timebank  
  
'''Intellectuals and the Radical Imagination'''
+
'''Intellectuals and the Radical Imagination:'''
 
*[[Kanishka Chowdhury]], (Chair), University of St. Thomas
 
*[[Kanishka Chowdhury]], (Chair), University of St. Thomas
 
*[[Padmaja Challakere]], Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
 
*[[Padmaja Challakere]], Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
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*[[Joseph Ramsey]], Quincy College
 
*[[Joseph Ramsey]], Quincy College
  
'''How to Make a Revolution in the US'''
+
'''How to Make a Revolution in the US:'''
 
*[[Michael Smith]], (Chair), Director, [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]; Host  "Law and Disorder," [[WBAI]]
 
*[[Michael Smith]], (Chair), Director, [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]; Host  "Law and Disorder," [[WBAI]]
 
*[[Paul LeBlanc]], History and Political Science, LaRoche College
 
*[[Paul LeBlanc]], History and Political Science, LaRoche College
 
*[[Harmony Goldberg]], New York Study Group; Doctoral student, CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Harmony Goldberg]], New York Study Group; Doctoral student, CUNY Graduate Center
 
   
 
   
'''Capitalism, Crisis and Alternative Possibilities II'''
+
'''Capitalism, Crisis and Alternative Possibilities II:'''
 
*[[Critical Theory and Global Studies Association]]
 
*[[Critical Theory and Global Studies Association]]
 
*[[Lauren Langman]], (Chair), [[Global Studies Association]], Loyola University of Chicago
 
*[[Lauren Langman]], (Chair), [[Global Studies Association]], Loyola University of Chicago
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*[[Ana Margarida Estaves]], Brown University
 
*[[Ana Margarida Estaves]], Brown University
  
'''"The Coming Insurrection": Manifestoes, Militancy, and Mobilization'''
+
'''"The Coming Insurrection": Manifestoes, Militancy, and Mobilization:'''
 
Situations: [[Project of the Radical Imagination]]
 
Situations: [[Project of the Radical Imagination]]
 
*[[Michael Pelias]], (Chair), Philosophy, Long Island University, Brooklyn
 
*[[Michael Pelias]], (Chair), Philosophy, Long Island University, Brooklyn
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*[[Rahel Aima]], Anthropology, Columbia University
 
*[[Rahel Aima]], Anthropology, Columbia University
  
'''Left Out: Building Social Movements in a Culture of Isolation'''
+
'''Left Out: Building Social Movements in a Culture of Isolation:'''
 
*[[Jonathan Matas]], (Chair), - Painter/muralist, teaching artist
 
*[[Jonathan Matas]], (Chair), - Painter/muralist, teaching artist
 
*[[Jason Farbman]], NYU; former Green Party candidate for State Rep.; antiwar organizer
 
*[[Jason Farbman]], NYU; former Green Party candidate for State Rep.; antiwar organizer
 
*[[Karina Claudio]], [[Make the Road NY’s LGBTQ Justice Project]]; poet and performance artist
 
*[[Karina Claudio]], [[Make the Road NY’s LGBTQ Justice Project]]; poet and performance artist
  
'''World Social Forum Politics: Left or Post-Left?'''
+
'''World Social Forum Politics: Left or Post-Left?:'''
 
*[[Thomas Ponniah]], (Chair), Harvard University; [[World Social Forum International Council]]
 
*[[Thomas Ponniah]], (Chair), Harvard University; [[World Social Forum International Council]]
 
*[[Lauren Langman]], Loyola University of Chicago
 
*[[Lauren Langman]], Loyola University of Chicago
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*[[Mark Frezzo]], Florida Atlantic University; Co-Editor, [[Sociologists Without Borders]]
 
*[[Mark Frezzo]], Florida Atlantic University; Co-Editor, [[Sociologists Without Borders]]
  
'''The Art & Politics of Spectacle – Creating Ethical Spectacles'''
+
'''The Art & Politics of Spectacle – Creating Ethical Spectacles:'''
 
*[[Terry Marshall]], (Chair), [[Culture Clash]], [[Young Voices Nation]]
 
*[[Terry Marshall]], (Chair), [[Culture Clash]], [[Young Voices Nation]]
 
*[[Lenina Nadal]], [[New York Study Group]]
 
*[[Lenina Nadal]], [[New York Study Group]]
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*[[Chong Kim]], [[Culture Clash]]
 
*[[Chong Kim]], [[Culture Clash]]
  
'''Reimagining a New Economic System'''
+
'''Reimagining a New Economic System:'''
 
*[[Meaghan Linick-Loughley]], (Chair), Anthropology, [[New School]]; [[Organization for a Free Society]]
 
*[[Meaghan Linick-Loughley]], (Chair), Anthropology, [[New School]]; [[Organization for a Free Society]]
 
*[[Gar Alperovitz]], Government, Univ. of Maryland
 
*[[Gar Alperovitz]], Government, Univ. of Maryland
 
*[[Michael Albert]], Co-founder, [[Z Magazine]] and [[ZNet]]
 
*[[Michael Albert]], Co-founder, [[Z Magazine]] and [[ZNet]]
  
'''Envisioning Real Utopias'''
+
'''Envisioning Real Utopias:'''
 
[[Verso Books]]
 
[[Verso Books]]
 
*[[Erik Olin Wright]], (Chair), Director and Series Editor of [[Verso's Real Utopias Project]]; Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison  
 
*[[Erik Olin Wright]], (Chair), Director and Series Editor of [[Verso's Real Utopias Project]]; Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison  
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*[[Peter Staudenmaier]], Cornell University
 
*[[Peter Staudenmaier]], Cornell University
  
'''Organizing against Budget Cuts and Austerity in New York City'''
+
'''Organizing against Budget Cuts and Austerity in New York City:'''
 
(Chair) – [[Doug Singsen]], [[CUNY Campaign to Defend Education]], [[International Socialist Organization]]
 
(Chair) – [[Doug Singsen]], [[CUNY Campaign to Defend Education]], [[International Socialist Organization]]
 
*[[Marvin Holland]], [[TWU 100]], Director of [[Political and Community Action Development]]
 
*[[Marvin Holland]], [[TWU 100]], Director of [[Political and Community Action Development]]
 
*[[Tami Gold]], [[PSC-CUNY]], Chapter Chair, Hunter College
 
*[[Tami Gold]], [[PSC-CUNY]], Chapter Chair, Hunter College
 
*[[Larry Hales]], CCNY student, [[Students for Educational Rights]], ([[CCNY]]), [[CUNY Campaign to Defend Education]]
 
*[[Larry Hales]], CCNY student, [[Students for Educational Rights]], ([[CCNY]]), [[CUNY Campaign to Defend Education]]
[[Grassroots Education]] Member, to be announced
+
*[[Grassroots Education]] Member, to be announced
 
*[[John Lawhead]], [[GEM]]
 
*[[John Lawhead]], [[GEM]]
  
'''Social Movements And Everyday Life'''
+
'''Social Movements And Everyday Life:'''
 
[[Critical Sociology]]
 
[[Critical Sociology]]
 
*[[Ricardo Dello Buono]], (Chair), Manhattan College  
 
*[[Ricardo Dello Buono]], (Chair), Manhattan College  
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*[[Troy Rondinone]], Southern Connecticut State University
 
*[[Troy Rondinone]], Southern Connecticut State University
  
'''Decline of the European Left and the rise of the Far Right'''
+
'''Decline of the European Left and the rise of the Far Right:'''
 
Chair: [[Mark Seddon]]
 
Chair: [[Mark Seddon]]
 
*[[Leo Pannitch]]
 
*[[Leo Pannitch]]
 
*[[Johnathan Freedland]]
 
*[[Johnathan Freedland]]
  
'''What Does it Mean to be a Revolutionary in Our Times?'''
+
'''What Does it Mean to be a Revolutionary in Our Times?:'''
 
*[[Walda Katz-Fishman]], (Chair), Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University; US Social Forum; Board Chair, [[Project South]]
 
*[[Walda Katz-Fishman]], (Chair), Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University; US Social Forum; Board Chair, [[Project South]]
 
*[[Jerome Scott]], [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]]; [[U.S. Social Forum]]
 
*[[Jerome Scott]], [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]]; [[U.S. Social Forum]]
 
*[[Lenina Nadal]], [[New York Study Group]]
 
*[[Lenina Nadal]], [[New York Study Group]]
 
*[[Manju Rajendran]], [[Left Turn]]
 
*[[Manju Rajendran]], [[Left Turn]]
*Johanna Brenner]], Solidarity; Sociology, Portland State University
+
*[[Johanna Brenner]], Solidarity; Sociology, Portland State University
  
'''Socialist Humanism, the Anti-Humanist Turn, and the Consequences for the Left'''
+
'''Socialist Humanism, the Anti-Humanist Turn, and the Consequences for the Left:'''
 
*[[Barbara Epstein]], (Chair), [[Socialist Review]]; History, UC Santa Cruz.
 
*[[Barbara Epstein]], (Chair), [[Socialist Review]]; History, UC Santa Cruz.
 
*[[John Sanbonmatsu]], [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]
 
*[[John Sanbonmatsu]], [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]]
 
*[[Kevin B. Anderson]], University of California, Santa Barbara
 
*[[Kevin B. Anderson]], University of California, Santa Barbara
  
'''The US Social Forum and US Social Movements: The Road from Atlanta to Detroit 2010'''
+
'''The US Social Forum and US Social Movements: The Road from Atlanta to Detroit 2010:'''
 
*[[Walda Katz-Fishman]], (Chair), Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University; US Social Forum; Board Chair, [[Project South]]
 
*[[Walda Katz-Fishman]], (Chair), Sociology and Anthropology, Howard University; US Social Forum; Board Chair, [[Project South]]
 
*[[Jerome Scott]], [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]]; [[USSF National Planning Committee]]
 
*[[Jerome Scott]], [[League of Revolutionaries for a New America]]; [[USSF National Planning Committee]]
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*[[Harmony Goldberg]], New York Study Group; Graduate Center of the CUNY
 
*[[Harmony Goldberg]], New York Study Group; Graduate Center of the CUNY
  
'''Rethinking America: The Imperial Homeland in the 21st Century'''
+
'''Rethinking America: The Imperial Homeland in the 21st Century:'''
 
*[[Ida Susser]], (Chair), Anthropology, Hunter College; CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Ida Susser]], (Chair), Anthropology, Hunter College; CUNY Graduate Center
 
*[[Jeff Maskovsky]], (Chair), Urban Studies, Queens College
 
*[[Jeff Maskovsky]], (Chair), Urban Studies, Queens College
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*[[Fernando Coronil]], Anthropology, Graduate Center, CUNY
 
*[[Fernando Coronil]], Anthropology, Graduate Center, CUNY
  
'''Horizontalism and Grassroots Democracy in the Americas'''
+
'''Horizontalism and Grassroots Democracy in the Americas:'''
 
*[[Joanna Duarte Laudon]], (Chair), York University, [[Barrio Nuevo]]
 
*[[Joanna Duarte Laudon]], (Chair), York University, [[Barrio Nuevo]]
 
*[[Oscar Dominguez]], [[Movement for Justice in El Barrio]]
 
*[[Oscar Dominguez]], [[Movement for Justice in El Barrio]]
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*[[Josh Lerner]], [[The Participatory Budgeting Project]], [[The New School for Social Research]]
 
*[[Josh Lerner]], [[The Participatory Budgeting Project]], [[The New School for Social Research]]
  
'''Ten Years Later: Organizers Reflect on the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests'''
+
'''Ten Years Later: Organizers Reflect on the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests:'''
 
[[Left Turn]]
 
[[Left Turn]]
 
*[[Chris Dixon]], (Chair), University of California
 
*[[Chris Dixon]], (Chair), University of California
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*[[Andréa Schmidt]], Researcher/Journalist
 
*[[Andréa Schmidt]], Researcher/Journalist
  
'''Thinking System From the Grassroots: The Intersection of Theory and Practice in Grassroots Organizing'''
+
'''Thinking System From the Grassroots: The Intersection of Theory and Practice in Grassroots Organizing:'''
 
*[[Billy Wharton]], (Chair), Co-Chair, [[Socialist Party USA]]  
 
*[[Billy Wharton]], (Chair), Co-Chair, [[Socialist Party USA]]  
 
*[[David McReynolds]], Long time peace activist  
 
*[[David McReynolds]], Long time peace activist  
Speaker from [[15th Street Manifesto Group]]
+
*Speaker from [[15th Street Manifesto Group]]
 
*[[Kate Goff]], [[G20 Resistance Project]]; [[New York City Anti-War Coalition]]
 
*[[Kate Goff]], [[G20 Resistance Project]]; [[New York City Anti-War Coalition]]
 
*[[Amilcar Navarro]], [[Crown Heights Organizing Committee]]; [[Socialist Party USA]], [[NYC Local]]
 
*[[Amilcar Navarro]], [[Crown Heights Organizing Committee]]; [[Socialist Party USA]], [[NYC Local]]
Speaker from [[Picture the Homeless]]
+
*Speaker from [[Picture the Homeless]]
 
*[[Liberte Locke]], [[Starbucks Workers Union]], [[IWW]]
 
*[[Liberte Locke]], [[Starbucks Workers Union]], [[IWW]]
  
Getting from Here to There: Making Radical Visions Reality
+
'''Getting from Here to There: Making Radical Visions Reality:'''
W606- Session 4
+
*[[Camilo Vivieros]] (Chair) - Executive Director, [[Rhode Island]] [[Jobs with Justice]]
Camilo Vivieros (Chair) - Executive Director, Rhode Island Jobs with Justice
+
*[[Mireya Loza]] - American Studies, Brown University
Mireya Loza - American Studies, Brown University
+
*[[Reg Flowers]] - Founder and Artistic Director, Falconworks, [[Brooklyn]], [[NY]]
Reg Flowers - Founder and Artistic Director, Falconworks, Brooklyn NY
+
*[[Michael Pelias]] - Philosophy, Long Island University - [[Brooklyn]]
Michael Pelias - Philosophy, Long Island University-Brooklyn
+
*[[Lesley Wood]] - [[Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Sociology]], York University
Lesley Wood - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Sociology, York University
 
  
Radical Spaces, Radical City
+
'''Radical Spaces, Radical City:'''
W618 - Session 7
+
*[[Denisse Andrade]] and [[Dara Greenwald]] (Chair) [[Rebel Diaz Collective]]
Denisse Andrade and Dara Greenwald (Chair)  
+
*[[Asere Bello]] - [[Crystal House]]
Rebel Diaz Collective
+
*[[Kazembe Balagun]] - The [[Brecht Forum]]
Asere Bello - Crystal House
 
Kazembe Balagun - The Brecht Forum
 
  
New Developments in Solidarity Economy Organizing in the U.S.
+
'''New Developments in Solidarity Economy Organizing in the U.S.:'''
W601- Session 4
+
*[[Germai Medhanie]] (Chair) - [[Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy]]
Germai Medhanie (Chair) - Guramylay: Growing the Green Economy
+
*[[Carl Davidson]] - National Co-Chair, [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]; Board member, [[US Solidarity Economy Network]]
Carl Davidson - National Co-Chair, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Board member, US Solidarity Economy Network
+
*[[Lynn Benander]] - Dir. of Community Business Development for Co-op Power
Lynn Benander - Dir. of Community Business Development for Co-op Power
+
*[[Maliha Safri]] - Economics, Drew University; Associate Editor, [[Rethinking Marxism]]; Member of [[Center for Popular Economics]]
Maliha Safri - Economics, Drew University; Associate Editor, Rethinking Marxism; Member of Center for Popular Economics
+
*[[Djar Horn]] - Jersey Shore Neighborhood Cooperative; Social Work graduate student, Monmouth University; former union organizer and union carpenter
Djar Horn - Jersey Shore Neighborhood Cooperative; Social Work graduate student, Monmouth University; former union organizer and union carpenter
 
  
Strategizing to Build Real Self-Governance
+
'''Strategizing to Build Real Self-Governance:'''
W507 - Session 2
+
*[[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
Capitalism Nature Socialism
+
*[[Karen Charman]] (Chair) - Managing Editor, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
Karen Charman (Chair) - Managing Editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism
+
*[[Robert Parry]] - Publisher and Editor, [[Consortiumnews.com]]
Robert Parry - Publisher and Editor, Consortiumnews.com
+
*[[Richard Grossman]] - Independent historian
Richard Grossman - Independent historian
+
*[[Joel Kovel]] - Editor in Chief, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
Joel Kovel - Editor in Chief, Capitalism Nature Socialism
 
  
Experiments in Popular Democracy: Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Capitalist State?  
+
'''Experiments in Popular Democracy: Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Capitalist State?:'''
Student Union - Session 1
+
*[[Johanna Brenner]] (Chair) - [[Solidarity]]; Sociology, Portland State University
Johanna Brenner (Chair) - Solidarity; Sociology, Portland State University
+
*[[Hilary Wainwright]] - Research Director, [[Transnational Institute]] New Politics Program; Sr. Research Associate, International Centre for Participation Studies, University of Bradford Dept. of Peace Studies
Hilary Wainwright - Research Director, Transnational Institute New Politics Program; Sr. Research Associate, International Centre for Participation Studies, University of Bradford Dept. of Peace Studies
+
*[[Sujatha Fernandes]] - Sociology, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Sujatha Fernandes - Sociology, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
+
*[[Erik Olin Wright]] - Director, Series Editor of Verso's Real Utopias Project; Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Erik Olin Wright - Director, Series Editor of Verso's Real Utopias Project; Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 
  
Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for a US in Crisis
+
'''Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for a US in Crisis:'''
W612 - Session 1
+
*[[Toward Freedom]], [[Between The Lines Radio]]
Toward Freedom, Between The Lines Radio
+
*[[Scott Harris]] (Chair) - [[Between The Lines Radio]]
Scott Harris (Chair) - Between The Lines Radio
+
*[[Ben Dangl]] - [[Toward Freedom]]
Ben Dangl - Toward Freedom
+
*[[Marina Sitrin]] - Author, Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina
Marina Sitrin - Author, Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina
+
*[[Mario Murillo]] - Author, Voices of Resistance: Indigenous Radio and the Struggle for Social Justice in Colombia
Mario Murillo - Author, Voices of Resistance: Indigenous Radio and the Struggle for Social Justice in Colombia
 
  
Author meets critics: van der Walt and Schmidt's "Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism"
+
'''Author meets critics: van der Walt and Schmidt's "Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism":'''
Chair:  
+
*[[Lucien van der Walt]] - University of the Witwatersrand
Lucien van der Walt - University of the Witwatersrand
+
*[[Mitch Miller]] - WSA-NYC
Mitch Miller - WSA-NYC
+
*[[Wayne Price]] - [[Northeastern Federation of Anarchist Communists]] (NEFAC)
Wayne Price - NEFAC (Northeastern Federation of Anarchist Communists)
 
  
New Radical Parties and Experiments in Party Building
+
'''New Radical Parties and Experiments in Party Building:'''
W626 - Session 6
+
*[[Geoff Bailey]] (Chair)
Geoff Bailey (Chair) -
+
*[[Sebastian Budgeon]] - Historical Materialism
Sebastian Budgeon - Historical Materialism
+
*NPA Member - [[NPA]]
NPA Member - NPA
+
*[[Ahmed Shawki]] - [[International Socialist Review]]; Haymarket Books
Ahmed Shawki - International Socialist Review; Haymarket Books
 
  
We Must Be Good at Learning: Brecht Forum at 35
+
'''We Must Be Good at Learning: Brecht Forum at 35:'''
E326 - Session 3
+
*[[Kazembe Balagun]] (Chair) - [[Brecht Forum]]
Kazembe Balagun (Chair) -Brecht Forum
+
*[[Max Uhlenbeck]] - [[Left Turn]], [[Brecht Forum]]
Max Uhlenbeck - Left Turn, Brecht Forum
+
*[[Liz Mestres]] - [[Brecht Forum]]
Liz Mestres - Brecht Forum
+
*[[Lisa Maya Knauer]] - Sociology/Anthropology. UMass Dartmouth
Lisa Maya Knauer - Sociology/Anthropology. UMass Dartmouth
 
  
 +
===Political Economy===
  
 +
'''Economic Democracy as an alternative to capitalism:'''
 +
*[[Costas Panayotakis]] (Chair) - New York City College of Technology, CUNY; [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 +
*[[David Schweickart]] - Loyola University
 +
*[[Cathy Mulder]] - John Jay College, CUNY
 +
*[[Michael Menser]] - Brooklyn College, [[Brooklyn Food Coalition]]
  
 +
'''A Radical Project in New Economics: theGiftEconomy.org:'''
 +
*[[Hans Schoenburg]] (Chair) - Yale
 +
*[[Brandon Jackson]] - Yale 
 +
*[[Leon Noel]] - Yale
  
POLITICAL ECONOMY [back to top]
+
'''The Case for a NO Growth Economy:'''
 +
*[[Frederick Wolf]] (Chair) - [[Pace]]
 +
*[[Josso Caleb]] - [[Pace]]
 +
*[[Michelle Passalacqua]] - [[Pace]]
 +
*Dr. [[Ghassan Karam]] - Economics, [[Pace]]
  
Economic Democracy as an alternative to capitalism
+
'''Future of World Capitalism Book Panel 1: New Takes On Old Myths:'''
Multi Purpose Room - Session 2
+
*[[Future of World Capitalism book series
Costas Panayotakis (Chair) - New York City College of Technology, CUNY; Capitalism Nature Socialism
+
*[[Alan Freeman]] (Chair) - University of Manitoba Greater London Authority
David Schweickart - Loyola University
+
*[[Radhika Desai]] - Politics, University of Manitoba Visiting Fellow, DESTIN, London School of Economics
Cathy Mulder - John Jay College, CUNY
+
*[[Costas Panayiotakis]] - Sociology, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Michael Menser - Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Food Coalition
+
*[[Andrew Kliman]] - Economics, Pace University
 +
*[[Anne Jaclard]] - National Secretary, [[Marxist-Humanist Initiative]]
  
A Radical Project in New Economics: theGiftEconomy.org
+
===Political Economy and the Current Crisis===
W606 - Session A
 
Hans Schoenburg (Chair) - Yale
 
Brandon Jackson - Yale 
 
Leon Noel - Yale
 
  
The Case for a NO Growth Economy
+
'''The Current Economic Crisis and Its Possible Outcomes:'''
W610 - Session A
+
*Marxist Theory Colloquium at NYU
Frederick Wolf (Chair) - Pace
+
*[[Bill Tabb]] (Chair) - Economics, Queens College
Josso Caleb - Pace
+
*[[Michael Hudson]] - Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Michelle Passalacqua - Pace
+
*[[Gar Alperovitz]] - Government, Univ. of Maryland
Dr. Ghassan Karam - Economics, Pace
+
*[[Bertell Ollman]] - Politics, NYU
  
Future of World Capitalism Book Panel 1: New Takes On Old Myths
+
'''The Fiscal Crises of the States:'''
W601 - Session 3
+
*[[Democratic Left]]
Future of World Capitalism book series
+
*[[Michael Hirsch]] (Chair) - [[Democratic Socialists of America]]; [[New Politics Magazine]]
Alan Freeman (Chair) - University of Manitoba Greater London Authority
+
*[[James Parrott]] - Associate Director and Chief Economist, [[Fiscal Policy Institute]]
Radhika Desai - Politics, University of Manitoba Visiting Fellow, DESTIN, London School of Economics
+
*[[Katie Romich]] - Organizer, [[Communications Workers of America]]
Costas Panayiotakis - Sociology, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
+
*[[John Cameron]] - Organizer, [[American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees]]
Andrew Kliman - Economics, Pace University
 
Anne Jaclard - National Secretary, Marxist-Humanist Initiative
 
  
 +
'''The Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Working Class:'''
 +
*[[International Socialist Review]]
 +
*[[Ahmed Shawki]] (Chair) - [[International Socialist Review]]
 +
*[[David McNally]] - University of Toronto
 +
*[[Joel Geier]] - [[International Socialist Review]]
 +
*[[Greg Albo]] - [[Socialist Register]], [[The Bullet]], [[Canadian Dimensions]]
 +
*[[Amy Muldoon]] - [[Communications Workers of America]]
  
 +
'''In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives:'''
 +
*[[Leo Panitch]] (Chair) - [[Socialist Register]]
 +
*[[Sam Gindin]] - Packer Visiting Chair, Social Justice, York
 +
*[[Greg Albo]] - [[Socialist Register]]
  
 
+
'''The Crisis this Time:'''
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE CURRENT CRISIS [back to top]
+
*[[Socialist Register]]
 
+
*[[Vivek Chibber]] (Chair) - Sociology, New York University
The Current Economic Crisis and Its Possible Outcomes
+
*[[Greg Albo]] - [[Socialist Register]], [[The Bullet]], [[Canadian Dimensions]]
Student Union - Session 5
+
*[[Anwar Shaikh]] - New School University
Marxist Theory Colloquium at NYU
+
*[[Johanna Brenner]] - [[Solidarity]]; Sociology, Portland State University
Bill Tabb (Chair) - Economics, Queens College
 
Michael Hudson - Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City
 
Gar Alperovitz - Government, Univ. of Maryland
 
Bertell Ollman - Politics, NYU
 
 
 
The Fiscal Crises of the States
 
Student Union - Session 2
 
Democratic Left
 
Michael Hirsch (Chair) - Democratic Socialists of America; New Politics Magazine
 
James Parrott - Associate Director and Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute
 
Katie Romich - Organizer, Communications Workers of America
 
John Cameron - Organizer, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
 
 
 
The Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Working Class
 
Multipurpose- Session 4
 
International Socialist Review
 
Ahmed Shawki (Chair) - International Socialist Review
 
David McNally - University of Toronto
 
Joel Geier - International Socialist Review
 
Greg Albo - Socialist Register, The Bullet, Canadian Dimensions
 
Amy Muldoon - Communications Workers of America
 
 
 
In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives 
 
LH - Session 7
 
Leo Panitch (Chair) - Socialist Register
 
Sam Gindin - Packer Visiting Chair, Social Justice, York
 
Greg Albo - Socialist Register
 
 
 
The Crisis this Time
 
LHN - Session 6
 
Socialist Register
 
vivek chibber (Chair) - Sociology, New York University
 
Greg Albo - Socialist Register, The Bullet, Canadian Dimensions
 
Anwar Shaikh - New School University
 
Johanna Brenner - Solidarity; Sociology, Portland State Universit
 
 
   
 
   
The Crisis and Capital Accumulation: Is the Role of the State Changing?
+
'''The Crisis and Capital Accumulation: Is the Role of the State Changing?:'''
W602 - Session 1
+
*[[Union for Radical Political Economics]]
Union for Radical Political Economics
+
*[[Rina Garst]] (Chair) - [[Union for Radical Political Economics]]
Rina Garst (Chair) - Union for Radical Political Economics
+
*[[Jerry Joffe]] - St. John's University
Jerry Joffe - St. John's University
+
*[[Armagan Gezici]] - Keene State College
Armagan Gezici - Keene State College
+
*[[Terrence McDonough]] - Economics, National University of Ireland Galway
Terrence McDonough - Economics, National University of Ireland Galway
 
  
The 'PIIGS,' Baltics, and Hungary: Economic Crisis on the EU’s Internal Periphery
+
'''The 'PIIGS,' Baltics, and Hungary: Economic Crisis on the EU’s Internal Periphery:'''
W613 - Session 3
+
*[[Left Business Observer]]
Left Business Observer
+
*[[Doug Henwood]] (Chair) - Editor, [[Left Business Observer]]; Contributing Editor, [[The Nation]]
Doug Henwood (Chair) - Editor, Left Business Observer; Contributing Editor, The Nation
+
*[[Jeffrey Sommers]] - Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Faculty and Curator of the Andre Gunder Frank Memorial Library)
Jeffrey Sommers - Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Faculty and Curator of the Andre Gunder Frank Memorial Library)
+
*[[Mark Weisbrot]] - Co-Director, [[Center for Economic and Policy Research]]
Mark Weisbrot - Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
+
*[[Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro]] - Geography, SUNY New Paltz; Co-Editor, [[Human Geography]]
Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro - Geography, SUNY New Paltz; Co-Editor, Human Geography
+
*[[Michael Hudson]] (discussant)
Michael Hudson (discussant)
 
  
 +
'''The Crisis That Gives the Capitalist Class Nightmares:'''
 +
*[[Critique]]
 +
*[[Suzi Weisman]] (Chair) -  Politics, Saint Mary's College Of California
 +
*[[Michael Hudson]] - Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City
 +
*[[Hillel Ticktin]] - Emeritus Professor Marxist Studies, University of Glasgow, Scotland
 +
*[[Lea Haro]] - Politics, University of Stirling
 +
*[[Jack Rasmus]] - Politics and Economics, Saint Mary's College of Claifornia
  
The Crisis That Gives the Capitalist Class Nightmares 
+
'''Alternative Perspectives on Marxist Crisis Theory and the Current Economic Crisis:'''
W511 - Session 1
+
*[[Union for Radical Political Economics]]; Science and Society
Critique
+
*[[Paddy Quick]] (Chair) - St. Francis College, [[Brooklyn]]
Suzi Weisman (Chair)-  Politics, Saint Mary's College Of California
+
*[[Julio Huato]] - St. Francis College, [[Brooklyn]]
Michael Hudson- Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City
+
*[[David Kotz]] - Economics, UMass-Amherst
Hillel Ticktin- Emeritus Professor Marxist Studies, University of Glasgow, Scotland
+
*[[David Laibman]] - [[Science and Society]]
Lea Haro- Politics, University of Stirling
+
*[[Fred Magdoff]] - [[Monthly Review]]
Jack Rasmus- Politics and Economics, Saint Mary's College of Claifornia
 
 
 
Alternative Perspectives on Marxist Crisis Theory and the Current Economic Crisis
 
W602 - Session 2
 
Union for Radical Political Economics; Science and Society
 
Paddy Quick (Chair) - St. Francis College, Brooklyn
 
Julio Huato - St. Francis College, Brooklyn
 
David Kotz - Economics, UMass-Amherst
 
David Laibman - Science and Society  
 
Fred Magdoff - Monthly Review
 
  
Economics and Politics of the Current Crisis: Causes and Prospects for the Future
+
'''Economics and Politics of the Current Crisis: Causes and Prospects for the Future:'''
W617 - Session 6
+
*[[Anne Jaclard]] (Chair) - National Secretary, [[Marxist-Humanist Initiative]]
Anne Jaclard (Chair) - National Secretary, Marxist-Humanist Initiative
+
*[[Brendan Cooney]] - Video producer, “kapitalism101”
Brendan Cooney - Video producer, “kapitalism101”
+
*[[Andrew Kliman]] - Dept. of Economics-Pleasantville, Pace University
Andrew Kliman - Dept. of Economics-Pleasantville, Pace University
 
 
   
 
   
 +
===Prison-Industrial Complex===
  
PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX [back to top]
+
'''What Does the Left Need to Know about Prison?:'''
 
+
*[[Susie Day]] (Chair)
What Does the Left Need to Know about Prison?
+
*[[Laura Whitehorn]] - [[New York State Task Force for Political Prisoners]]
W504 - Session 7
+
*[[Asha Bandele]] - [[Malcolm X Grassroots Movement]], [[Drug Policy Alliance]]
Susie Day (Chair) -
+
*[[Vikki Law]] - [[Books Through Bars]]
Laura Whitehorn - New York State Task Force for Political Prisoners
+
*[[Cleo Silvers]] - [[Safiya Bukhari/Albert Nuh Washington Foundation]]
Asha Bandele - Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Drug Policy Alliance
 
Vikki Law - Books Through Bars
 
Cleo Silvers - Safiya Bukhari/Albert Nuh Washington Foundation
 
 
 
Criminology and Social Justice: Establishing a Strong Theoretical Foundation
 
W504 - Session 1
 
Dr. William Calathes (Chair) - Criminal Justice, New Jersey City University; independent human rights attorney
 
Jason WIlliams - New Jersey City University
 
Christine Bell - New Jersey City University
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RACE [back to top]
 
 
 
The Economic Crisis, How it Impacts African Americans and Labor
 
LHN - Session 5
 
Tony Montiero (Chair) -
 
Muhammad Ahmad - African-American Studies, Temple University
 
Bill Fletcher, Jr. - BlackCommentator.com; co-author, Solidarity Divided
 
Henry Nicholas - 1199
 
  
Race and Recession: Will a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?
+
'''Criminology and Social Justice: Establishing a Strong Theoretical Foundation:'''
W626 - Session 1
+
*Dr. [[William Calathes]] (Chair) - Criminal Justice, New Jersey City University; independent human rights attorney
Rod Bush (Chair) - Author, The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
+
*[[Jason WIlliams]] - New Jersey City University
Glen Ford - Co-founder and Executive Editor, Black Agenda Report
+
*[[Christine Bell]] - New Jersey City University
Algernon Austin - Director, Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program, Economic Policy Institute
 
Dedrick Muhammad - Sr. OrganizRescuing the Concept of Internal er and Research Associate, Inequality and the Common Good program, Institute for Policy Studies
 
  
How Things Change As They Stay The Same: Talking Through Racial Categories, Politics, and Organizing in the 21st Century
+
===Race===
W621 - Session 1
 
Matthew Birkhold (Chair) - Heavy Thinkers, Binghamton University
 
Kazembe Balagun - Heavy Thinkers, Brecht Forum
 
Melanie Bush - Adelphi University
 
Jill Humphries - Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education, Queens College
 
  
Introductory Session
+
'''The Economic Crisis, How it Impacts African Americans and Labor:'''
W608 - Session B
+
*[[Anthony Monteiro]] (Chair)
Race: Rod Bush
+
*[[Muhammad Ahmad]] - African-American Studies, Temple University
 +
*[[Bill Fletcher, Jr.]] - [[BlackCommentator.com]]; co-author, Solidarity Divided
 +
*[[Henry Nicholas]] - [[1199]]
  
Geography of Malcolm X
+
'''Race and Recession: Will a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?:'''
W612 - Session 6
+
*[[Rod Bush]] (Chair) - Author, The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line
James Tyner (Chair) – Geography, Kent State
+
*[[Glen Ford]] - Co-founder and Executive Editor, Black Agenda Report
Sam Anderson – Back Left Unity Network & Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence
+
*[[Algernon Austin]] - Director, Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program, [[Economic Policy Institute]]
Komozi Woodard – History, Sarah Lawrence
+
*[[Dedrick Muhammad]] - Sr. OrganizRescuing the Concept of Internal er and Research Associate, Inequality and the Common Good program, [[Institute for Policy Studies]]
Michael Simanga - Author, In the Shadow of the Sun
 
  
Rebuilding the Black Left/Rejuvenating Revolutionary Black Youth
+
'''How Things Change As They Stay The Same: Talking Through Racial Categories, Politics, and Organizing in the 21st Century :'''
W606 - Session 5
+
*[[Matthew Birkhold]] (Chair) - Heavy Thinkers, Binghamton University
Sam Anderson (Chair) - Back Left Unity Network & Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence
+
*[[Kazembe Balagun]] - Heavy Thinkers, [[Brecht Forum]]
Jerry Jeremie - St. John's University
+
*[[Melanie Bush]] - Adelphi University
Janessa Robinson - St. John's University
+
*[[Jill Humphries]] - Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education, Queens College
Joan Gibbs - National Conference of Black Lawyers
 
  
Rescuing the Concept of Internal Colonialism from the Dustbin of History
+
'''Introductory Session:'''
W602- Session 3
+
*Race: [[Rod Bush ]]
Charles Pinderhughes (Chair) - Boston College
 
Davarian Baldwin - Trinity College
 
Komozi Woodard - Sarah Lawrence College
 
Michael Simanga - Author, In the Shadow of the Sun
 
  
Can the White Left Organize Against Racism in the White Community
+
'''Geography of Malcolm X:'''
W619 - Session 2
+
*[[James Tyner]] (Chair) – Geography, Kent State
Bok-Keem Nyerere (Chair)- National Association of Kawaida Organizations
+
*[[Sam Anderson]] – [[Back Left Unity Network]] & [[Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence]]
John Garvey - NYC Taxi Rank and File Coalition, Race Traitor
+
*[[Komozi Woodard]] – History, Sarah Lawrence
Geert Dhondt - Political Economics/Economic History, John Jay College
+
*[[Michael Simanga]] - Author, In the Shadow of the Sun
  
The American Left and the “Black Question”: From Politics to Protest to the Post-Political
+
'''Rebuilding the Black Left/Rejuvenating Revolutionary Black Youth:'''
W610 - Session 3
+
*[[Sam Anderson]] (Chair) - [[Back Left Unity Network]] & [[Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence]]
Platypus
+
*[[Jerry Jeremie]] - St. John's University
Benjamin Blumberg (Chair) - Platypus Affiliated Society
+
*[[Janessa Robinson]] - St. John's University
Tim Barker - Columbia University Student
+
*[[Joan Gibbs]] - [[National Conference of Black Lawyers]]
Pamela Nogales - Platypus Affiliated Society
 
Christopher Cutrone - Platypus Affiliated Society
 
  
Black Nationalism in the United States
+
'''Rescuing the Concept of Internal Colonialism from the Dustbin of History:'''
Chair: Rod Bush
+
*[[Charles Pinderhughes]] (Chair) - Boston College
Algernon Austin
+
*[[Davarian Baldwin]] - Trinity College
Maulana Karenga
+
*[[Komozi Woodard]] - Sarah Lawrence College
Eddie Glaude
+
*[[Michael Simanga]] - Author, In the Shadow of the Sun
Manning Marable
 
  
 +
'''Can the White Left Organize Against Racism in the White Community:'''
 +
*[[Bok-Keem Nyerere]] (Chair)- [[National Association of Kawaida Organizations]]
 +
*[[John Garvey]] - [[NYC Taxi Rank and File Coalition]], [[Race Traitor]]
 +
*[[Geert Dhondt]] - Political Economics/Economic History, John Jay College
  
African Americans and Latinos and the Decolonization of the U.S. Empire in the 21st Century
+
'''The American Left and the “Black Question”: From Politics to Protest to the Post-Political:'''
W510 - Session 6
+
*[[Platypus]]
Mojubaolu Okome (Chair) - Political Science, Brooklyn College
+
*[[Benjamin Blumberg]] (Chair) - [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
Agustin Lao-Montes - Sociology, UMass at Amherst
+
*[[Tim Barker]] - Columbia University Student
Denise Santiago - Director, Multi-Cultural Affairs, Pace University
+
*[[Pamela Nogales]] - [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
Charles Pinderhughes - Sociology, Boston College
+
*[[Christopher Cutrone]] - [[Platypus Affiliated Society]]
  
 +
'''Black Nationalism in the United States:'''
 +
*[[Algernon Austin]]
 +
*[[Maulana Karenga]]
 +
*[[Eddie Glaude]]
 +
*[[Manning Marable]]
  
The Left in a Post-Racial United States
+
'''African Americans and Latinos and the Decolonization of the U.S. Empire in the 21st Century:'''
E323 - Session 7
+
*[[Mojubaolu Okome]] (Chair) - Political Science, [[Brooklyn]] College
Sam Anderson (Chair) - Back Left Unity Network & Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence
+
*[[Agustin Lao-Montes]] - Sociology, UMass at Amherst
Fred Ho - Afro Asian Music Ensemble
+
*[[Denise Santiago]] - Director, Multi-Cultural Affairs, Pace University
Eduardo Bonilla Silva - Duke University
+
*[[Charles Pinderhughes]] - Sociology, Boston College
Keith Griffler - SUNY Buffalo
 
Muntu Matsimela - John Jay College and the Black Left Unity Network
 
  
 +
'''The Left in a Post-Racial United States:'''
 +
*[[Sam Anderson]] (Chair) - [[Back Left Unity Network]] & [[Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence]]
 +
*[[Fred Ho]] - [[Afro Asian Music Ensemble]]
 +
*[[Eduardo Bonilla Silva]] - Duke University
 +
*[[Keith Griffler]] - SUNY Buffalo
 +
*[[Muntu Matsimela]] - John Jay College and the [[Black Left Unity Network]]
  
The Recession: A Black Left Perspective
+
'''The Recession: A Black Left Perspective:'''
Chair: Rod Bush
+
*Chair: [[Rod Bush
Glen Ford - Executive Editor, Black Agenda Report
+
*[[Glen Ford]] - Executive Editor, [[Black Agenda Report]]
Algernon Austin - Economic Policy Institute. Director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program.
+
*[[Algernon Austin]] - [[Economic Policy Institute]], Director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program
Dedrick Muhammad - Institute for Policy Studies, Senior Organizer and Research Associate for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good.
+
*[[Dedrick Muhammad]] - [[Institute for Policy Studies]], Senior Organizer and Research Associate for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good
Andre Showell - Reporter, Black Entertainment Television (BET)
+
*[[Andre Showell]] - Reporter, [[Black Entertainment Television]]
  
 +
'''Stand Alone Slide Presentation/Talk on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918":'''
 +
*[[Jeffrey B. Perry]] (Chair) - Independent scholar
  
Stand Alone Slide Presentation/Talk on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918"
+
'''The Black Internationale:'''
W623 - Session 2
+
*[[Rod Bush]] (Chair) - Sociology and Antropology, St. John's University
Jeffrey B. Perry (Chair) - Independent scholar
+
*[[Komozi Woodard]] - Sarah Lawrence College
 +
*[[Charles Pinderhughes]] - Boston College
 +
*[[Michael Simanga]] - Author, In the Shadow of the Sun
  
 +
'''New Perspectives from the Black Left:'''
 +
*[[Rod Bush]] (Chair) - Sociology and Antropology, St. John's University
 +
*[[Agustin Lao-Montes]] - Sociology, UMass, Amherst
 +
*[[Humberto Brown]] - [[Black Radical Congress]]
 +
*[[Rose Brewer]] - University of Minnesota
  
The Black Internationale
+
'''How Things Change As They Stay The Same: Talking Through Racial Categories, Politics, and Organizing in the 21st Century:'''
E323 - Session 2
+
*Chair: [[Matthew Birkhold]]
Rod Bush (Chair) - Sociology and Antropology, St. John's University
+
*[[Matthew Birkhold]] - heavy Thinkers, Inc,. Binghamton University
Komozi Woodard - Sarah Lawrence College
+
*[[Kazembe Balagun]] - Heavy Thinkers, Inc., Brecht Forum
Charles Pinderhughes - Boston College
+
*[[Melanie Bush]] - Adelphi University
Michael Simanga - Author, In the Shadow of the Sun
+
*[[Jill Humphries]] - Joseph S Murphy Institute for Worker Education, Queens College
  
 +
'''Lynching Then, Lynching Now: Roots of Racism and the Death Penalty in the US:'''
 +
*[[Lee Wengraf]] (Chair) - [[Campaign to End the Death Penalty]]
 +
*[[Brian Jones]] - Author, Fifty Years Since the Civil Rights Sit-Ins; Editorial Board, [[International Socialist Review]]
 +
*[[Lawrence Hayes]] - Former NYS death row prisoner; Board Member, [[Campaign to End the Death Penalty]]
 +
*[[Yusef Salaam]] - [[Campaign to End the Death Penalty]]
  
New Perspectives from the Black Left
+
'''Radical Black Perspective Panel: Obama, the Crisis of Black Leadership and US Imperialism Running Amuck!:'''
W605- Session 4
+
*[[Nellie Bailey]] (Chair), Co-founder of [[Harlem Tenants Council]] and [[Harlem Anti-War Coalition]]
Rod Bush (Chair) - Sociology and Antropology, St. John's University
+
*[[Glen Ford]], Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report
Agustin Lao-Montes - Sociology, UMass, Amherst
+
*[[Margaret Kimberley]], Senior Editor of Black Agenda Report
Humberto Brown - Black Radical Congress
+
*[[Jon Jeter]], Journalist & former Bureau Chief for the Washington Post in southern Africa and South America. Author of Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People.
Rose Brewer - University of Minnesota
 
  
 +
'''Author Meets Critic: Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell:'''
 +
*[[Nikhil Singh]] (Chair) - History, NYU
 +
*[[Jeanne Theoharis]] - Political Science, [[Brooklyn]] College
 +
*[[Van Gosse]] -  History, Franklin and Marshall College
  
How Things Change As They Stay The Same: Talking Through Racial Categories, Politics, and Organizing in the 21st Century
+
'''Black Youth Looking at the Left:'''
Chair: Matthew Birkhold
+
*[[Fitzroy Searles]] (Chair) - History, St. John's University
Matthew Birkhold - heavy Thinkers, Inc,. Binghamton University
+
*[[Jerry Jeremie]] - St. John's University
Kazembe Balagun - Heavy Thinkers, Inc., Brecht Forum
+
*[[Reginald Pressoir]] - Catholic Charities
Melanie Bush - Adelphi University
+
*[[Tara Perry]] - St. John's University
Jill Humphries - Joseph S Murphy Institute for Worker Education, Queens College
 
  
 +
===Religion===
  
Lynching Then, Lynching Now: Roots of Racism and the Death Penalty in the US
+
'''Progressive Religion and the Fight for Democracy:'''
W601 - Session 6
+
*[[Religious Socialism]], Journal of [[DSA Religion and Socialism Commission]]
Lee Wengraf (Chair) - Campaign to End the Death Penalty
+
*Rev. [[Peter Laarman]] (Chair) - Executive Director, [[Progressive Christians]]; Contributing Editor, [[Religion Dispatches]]
Brian Jones - Author, Fifty Years Since the Civil Rights Sit-Ins; Editorial Board, International Socialist Review
+
*Rev. [[Luis Barrios]] - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY; Associate Priest, St. Mary's Episcopal Church in West Harlem
Lawrence Hayes - Former NYS death row prisoner; Board Member, Campaign to End the Death Penalty
+
*Rev. [[Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou]] - Sr. Minister, Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church; Fellow-in-residence, [[Brooklyn]] Society for Ethical Culture
Yusef Salaam - Campaign to End the Death Penalty
+
*[[Tricia Sheffield]] - Assistant Minister for Administration, Middle Collegiate Church
  
 +
'''Reading the Bible from the Left: The Book of Revelation:'''
 +
*[[Brigitte Kahl]] (Chair) - [[Union Theological Seminary]]
 +
*[[Charlene Sinclair]] - [[Union Theological Seminary]], Poverty Initiative
 +
*[[Colleen Wessel-McCoy]] - [[Union Theological Seminary]], Poverty Initiative
 +
*[[Renee Monrose]] - [[Union Theological Seminary]]
  
Radical Black Perspective Panel: Obama, the Crisis of Black Leadership and US Imperialism Running Amuck!
+
'''Capitalism, Economy, and Religion: A Christian-Marxist Dialogue:'''
W621 - Session 2
+
*[[Charlene Sinclair]] (Chair) - [[Union Theological Seminary]], Poverty Initiative
Nellie Bailey (Chair), Co-founder of Harlem Tenants Council and HarlemAnti-War Coalition
+
*[[Brigitte Kahl]] - [[Union Theological Seminary]]
Glen Ford, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report
+
*[[Jan Rehmann]] - [[Union Theological Seminary]], Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism
Margaret Kimberley, Senior Editor of Black Agenda Report
+
*[[Richard Wolff]] - Economics, UMass (Emeritus); International Affairs, New School University; [[Rethinking Marxism]]
Jon Jeter, Journalist & former Bureau Chief for the Washington Post in southern Africa and South America. Author of Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People.
 
  
 +
===U.S. Politics===
  
Author Meets Critic: Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell
+
'''Where's the Outrage?:'''
W615 - Session 4
+
*[[Left Forum]]
Nikhil Singh (Chair) - History, NYU
+
*[[Margaret Yard]] (Chair)
Jeanne Theoharis - Political Science, Brooklyn College
+
*[[Stanley Aronowitz]] - Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
Van Gosse - History, Franklin and Marshall College
+
*[[Greg Palast]]
 +
*[[Joel Kovel]] - Editor-in-Chief, [[Capitalism Nature Socialism]]
 +
*[[Margaret Yard]] - CUNY, Lehman College; Grad Center NYU Dept of Medicine, Psychiatry
  
 +
'''What is the Work of the People's Democratic Coalition That Elected Obama:'''
 +
*[[Rod Bush]] (Chair) - St. John's University; Board member, [[Left Forum]]
 +
*[[Amiri Baraka]]
 +
*[[Muhammad Ahmad]] - African American Studies, Temple University
 +
*[[Peniel Joseph]] - History, Tufts University
  
Black Youth Looking at the Left
+
'''Right-Wing Populism, Political Economy & Radical Dissent:'''
E325 - Session 7
+
*[[Public Eye]]
Fitzroy Searles (Chair) - History, St. John's University
+
*[[Abby Scher]] (Chair) - Author, "Post-Palin Feminism;" former Editor, [[Public Eye Magazine]]
Jerry Jeremie - St. John's University
+
*[[Chip Berlet]] - Senior Analyst, [[Political Research Associates]]; Co-author, Right-Wing Populism in America
Reginald Pressoir - Catholic Charities
+
*[[Sue Udry]] - Executive Director, [[Defending Dissent Foundation]]
Tara Perry - St. John's University
+
*[[Tarso Luís Ramos]] - Executive Director, [[Political Research Associates]]
  
 +
'''The Historical Context of the Politics of WBAI 99.5FM:'''
 +
*[[Lisa Davis]] (Chair) - Local Station Board WBAI
 +
*[[Russell Dale]] - Local Station Board WBAI
 +
*[[Daniel Vila]] - Local Station Board WBAI
 +
*[[Bernard White]] - Former Program Manager, WBAI
  
RELIGION [back to top]
+
'''The Contours of the New Radical Right :'''
 +
*[[John Mason]] (Chair)
 +
*[[Joan Lara Amat y León, University of Barcelona, New School of Social Research
 +
*[[Charles Laurence, Journalist, First Post, [[London]], [[UK]].
 +
*[[Michael Thompson]], Associate Professor of Politics, WPU, and Editor of [[Logos Journal]]
 +
*[[John Mason]], Professor of Politics, WPU, Resource Person, Institute of European Studies, University of Paris VIII, [[France]]
  
Progressive Religion and the Fight for Democracy
+
'''Whose Quality of Life? - Homeless People, the NYPD, and "Disorderly Conduct:":'''
W626 - Session 2
+
*[[Brandon King]] (Chair)
Religious Socialism, Journal of DSA Religion and Socialism Commission
+
*[[Indio]] - [[Picture the Homeless]], [[Street News]]
Rev. Peter Laarman (Chair) - Executive Director, Progressive Christians; Contributing Editor, Religion Dispatches
+
*[[Arvernetta Henry]] - [[Picture the Homeless]]
Rev. Luis Barrios - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY;  Associate Priest, St. Mary's Episcopal Church in West Harlem
 
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou - Sr. Minister, Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church; Fellow-in-residence, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
 
Tricia Sheffield - Assistant Minister for Administration, Middle Collegiate Church
 
  
Reading the Bible from the Left: The Book of Revelation
+
'''Can Progressives Transform the Democratic Party? Power, Class and Politics:'''
W623 - Session 4
+
*[[Joanne Landy]] (Chair) - Co-Director, [[Campaign for Peace and Democracy]]; Editorial Board member, [[New Politics]]
Brigitte Kahl (Chair) - Union Theological Seminary
+
*[[Arun Gupta]] - Founding Editor, [[The Indypendent]]
Charlene Sinclair - Union Theological Seminary, Poverty Initiative
+
*[[Lance Selfa]] - Author, The Democrats: A Critical History (Haymarket Books, 2008); columnist, [[Socialist Worker.org]]
Colleen Wessel-McCoy - Union Theological Seminary, Poverty Initiative
+
*[[Jodie Evans]] - Co-Founder, [[CODEPINK: Women for Peace]]
Renee Monrose - Union Theological Seminary
 
  
Capitalism, Economy, and Religion: A Christian-Marxist Dialogue
+
'''The U.S. Right and the War on Terror:'''
W605 - Session 2
+
*[[Ron Crenshaw]] (Chair) - Past member, [[Worker's World Party]] and [[December 12th Movement]]
Charlene Sinclair (Chair) - Union Theological Seminary, Poverty Initiative
+
*[[Chip Berlet]] - Senior Analyst, [[Political Research Associates]]
Brigitte Kahl - Union Theological Seminary
+
*[[Terrell Armistead]] - History, St. John's University
Jan Rehmann - Union Theological Seminary, Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism
+
*[[Jonathan Scott]] - Bronx Community College
Richard Wolff - Economics, UMass (Emeritus); International Affairs, New School University; Rethinking Marxism
 
  
 +
'''Can Obama Be Moved? Movement Strategies to Pressure Party Politics:'''
 +
*[[Margit Mayer]] (Chair) - Free University, [[Berlin]]
 +
*[[Jenny Brown]] - Co-chair, [[Alachua County Labor Party]], [[National Women's Liberation]]
 +
*[[Pete Sikora]] - [[Working Families Party]], [[Communication Workers of America]]
 +
*[[Ethan Young]] - Portside, [[Brecht Forum]]
 +
*[[Eric Mann]] - [[Labor/Community Strategy Center]], [[Los Angeles]]
  
 +
'''More than a Year into the Health Reform Debacle: What Direction for Real Health Care Justice?:'''
 +
*[[Physicians for a National Health Program]]
 +
*[[Martha Livingston]] (Chair) - SUNY College at Old Westbury; Vice-chair, [[Physicians for a National Health Program]], [[New York]]-Metro chapter
 +
*[[Oliver Fein]] - Dean, Weill-Cornell Medical College; National President and local Chair, [[Physicians for a National Health Program]]
 +
*[[Leonard Rodberg]] - Urban Studies, Queens College; Research Director, New York-Metro chapter, [[Physicians for a National Health Program]]
 +
*[[Katie Robbins]] - National Coordinator, [[Healthcare-NOW]]
 +
*[[Laurie Wen]] - [[Healthcare-NOW]], [[Private Health Insurance Must Go Coalition]]
 +
*[[Bill Henning]] - [[Communications Workers of America]], Local 1180
  
 +
'''Dying for Cool: Case Study on US Militarism and Marketing:'''
 +
*[[Culture Clash]]
 +
*[[Terry Marshall]] (Chair) - [[Culture Clash]], [[Young Voices Nation]]
 +
*[[Christine Peng]] - [[CAAAV]], [[Global Action Project]]
 +
*[[Terry Marshall]] - [[Culture Clash]], [[Young Voices Nation]]
 +
*[[Kiara Nagel]] - [[Design Studio 4 Social Intervention]]
  
U.S. POLITICS [back to top]
+
'''Rejuvenating the Left Critique of the War on Terror:'''
 +
*[[Sander Hicks]] (Chair) - [[Green Party]] of [[NY]] State
 +
*[[Paul Zarembka]] - Economics Dept, State University of New York at Buffalo; Research in Political Economy Journal
 +
*[[David MacGregor]]
  
Where's the Outrage?
+
'''The Empire Strikes Back: Obama and the Teabaggers - (R)evolution and Counter(R)evolution:'''
Schimmel  - Session 5
+
*[[John Kim]] (Chair) - [[Culture Clash]]
Left Forum
+
*[[Vanessa Nisperos]] - [[Culture Clash]]
Margaret Yard (Chair) -
+
*[[Calvin Williams]] - [[Culture Clash]]
Stanley Aronowitz - Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
 
Greg Palast -
 
Joel Kovel- Editor-in-Chief, Capitalism Nature Socialism
 
Margaret Yard - CUNY, Lehman College; Grad Center NYU Dept of Medicine, Psychiatry
 
  
What is the Work of the People's Democratic Coalition That Elected Obama
+
'''Bush 2.0: Obama’s War at Home and Abroad:'''
Schimmel - Session 6
+
*[[Saadia Toor]] (Chair) - [[Action for a Progressive Pakistan]] & [[South Asia Solidarity Initiative]]
Rod Bush (Chair) - St. John's University; Board member, Left Forum
+
*[[Adaner Usmani]] - [[Action for a Progressive Pakistan]] & [[Labour Party (Pakistan)]]
Amiri Baraka -
+
*[[Jawied Nawabi]] - [[Afghanistan Peace Association]]
Muhammad Ahmad - African American Studies, Temple University
+
*[[Jeanne Theoharis]] - [[Educators for Civil Liberties]]
Peniel Joseph - History, Tufts University
+
*[[Leili Kashani]] - [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]
  
Right-Wing Populism, Political Economy & Radical Dissent
+
'''Jobs for All, Legalization for All, a Massive Public Works Program:'''
Multipurpose - Session 6
+
*[[Eric Lerner]] (Chair) - [[NJ]] May 1 Coalition; [[International Luxemburgist Network]]
Public Eye
+
*[[Jay Arena]] - Sociology, College of Staten Island
Abby Scher (Chair) - Author, "Post-Palin Feminism;" former Editor, Public Eye Magazine
+
*[[Diana Meija]] - [[NJ]] [[American Friends Service Committee]]
Chip Berlet - Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates; Co-author, Right-Wing Populism in America
 
Sue Udry - Executive Director, Defending Dissent Foundation
 
Tarso Luís Ramos - Executive Director, Political Research Associates
 
  
The Historical Context of the Politics of WBAI 99.5FM
+
'''Coming to America, Running from Americas: Should the U.S. Owe Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants Coming from Countries Affected by the School of the Americas/WHINSEC?:'''
W510- Session 5
+
*[[Laura Schleifer]] (Chair)
Lisa Davis (Chair) - Local Station Board WBAI
+
*[[Quisia Gonzalez, MD]] - Latin American Program Director, Earth Rights Institute, Henry George School
Russell Dale - Local Station Board WBAI
+
*[[Joe Dowling]] - School of the Americas Watch; Nassau Community College
Daniel Vila - Local Station Board WBAI
+
*[[Adan Stevens-Diaz]] - Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College
Bernard White - Former Program Manager, WBAI
+
*[[Udi Ofer]] - Advocacy Director, [[NYCLU]]
  
The Contours of the New Radical Right
+
'''Rethinking the National Question in the United States:'''
W617 - Session 5
+
*[[Yusuf Nuruddin]] (Chair) - University of Toledo, Africana Studies
John Mason (Chair)  
+
*[[Charles Pinderhughes]] - Sociology, Boston College
Joan Lara Amat y León, University of Barcelona, New School of Social Research
+
*[[Fred Ho]] - [[Afro Asian Music Ensemble]]
Charles Laurence, Journalist, First Post, London, UK.
+
*[[Warren Neal Holmes]]
Michael Thompson, Associate Professor of Politics, WPU, and Editor of Logos Journal.
 
John Mason, Professor of Politics, WPU, Resource Person, Institute of European Studies, University of ParisVIII. France. (Discussant)
 
  
Whose Quality of Life? - Homeless People, the NYPD, and "Disorderly Conduct:"
+
'''The Chickenhawk Syndrome: War, Sacrifice and Personal Responsibility:'''
W61 - Session 7
+
*[[Radical Philosophy Review]]
Brandon King (Chair) -
+
*Chair: [[Anatole Anton]]
Indio - Picture the Homeless Street News
+
*[[Cheyney Ryan]] - University of Oregon, Oxford University
Arvernetta Henry - Picture the Homeless
+
*[[Anatole Anton]] - Political Science, San Francisco State
 +
*[[Harry van der Linden]] - Butler College
 +
*[[Michael Brown]] - Michigan State
  
Can Progressives Transform the Democratic Party? Power, Class and Politics
+
'''Jobs, Social Issues and Ways to Get Out of the Crisis in Europe and USA:'''
W6-Session 6
+
*[[Chrystel Le Moing]] (Chair) - International Relations, [[Gabriel Peri Foundation]]
Joanne Landy (Chair) - Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy; Editorial Board member, New Politics
+
*[[Daniel Cirera]] - Secretary of the scientific council, [[Gabriel Peri Foundation]]
Arun Gupta - Founding Editor, The Indypendent
+
*[[Alain Guinot]] - Director, La Nouvelle Vie Ouvrière, weekly newspaper of the Labour General Confédération (CGT) of France
Lance Selfa - Author, The Democrats: A Critical History (Haymarket Books, 2008); columnist, Socialist Worker.org
+
*[[Ed Ott]] - Former Executive Director, New York City Central Labor Council; Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute, CUNY
Jodie Evans - Co-Founder, CODEPINK: Women for Peace
+
*[[John Mason]] - Political Science, William Paterson University
  
The U.S. Right and the War on Terror
+
'''Exonerate The Rosenbergs? Robert & Michael Meeropol React to Morton Sobell and Other New Developments:'''
W610 - Session 7
+
*[[National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case]]
Ron Crenshaw (Chair) - Past member, Worker's World Party and December 12th Movement.
+
*[[Gerald Markowitz]] (Chair) - Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Grad Cente
Chip Berlet - Senior Analyst, Political Research Associates
+
*[[Robert Meeropol ]] - Younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg; Founder/Executive Director of the [[Rosenberg Fund for Children]]; Board of Directors, [[NCRRC]]
Terrell Armistead - History, St. John's University
+
*[[Michael Meeropol]] - Older son of the Rosenbergs; John Jay College Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Jonathan Scott - Bronx Community College
+
*[[Miriam Schneir]] - Co-author, Invitation to an Inquest
 +
*[[David Alman]] - President of the [[NCRRC]]; Founding Member with Emily Alman of the original Rosenberg defense committee.
  
Can Obama Be Moved? Movement Strategies to Pressure Party Politics
+
'''Toward a Second [Economic] Bill of Rights:'''
E328 - Session 2
+
*[[Democratic Left]]
Margit Mayer (Chair) - Free University, Berlin
+
*[[Michael Hirsch]] (Chair) - [[New Politics]]; [[Democratic Left]]
Jenny Brown - Co-chair, Alachua County Labor Party, National Women's Liberation
+
*[[Bill Barclay]] - [[Chicago Political Economy Group]]
Pete Sikora - Working Families Party, Communication Workers of America
+
*[[Joseph Schwartz]] - Politics, Temple University; Vice-Chair, [[Democratic Socialists of America]]
Ethan Young - Portside, Brecht Forum
 
Eric Mann - Labor/Community Strategy Center, Los Angeles
 
  
More than a Year into the Health Reform Debacle: What Direction for Real Health Care Justice?
+
'''Organizing Strategies to Combat the Radical Right:'''
W626 - Session 3
+
*[[David Sprintzen]] (Chair) - Founder/Officer, [[Long Island Progressive Coalition]], [[Citizen Action]] on [[Long Island]]; President of Long Island [[Jobs with Justice]]
Physicians for a National Health Program
+
*[[Alan Charney]] - Political Director, [[USAction]]
Martha Livingston (Chair) - SUNY College at Old Westbury; Vice-chair, Physicians for a National Health Program, New York-Metro chapter
+
*[[Ed Ott]] - Former Executive Director, New York City Central Labor Council; Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute, CUNY
Oliver Fein - Dean, Weill-Cornell Medical College; National President and local Chair, Physicians for a National Health Program
+
*[[Peter Sikora]] - [[Communications Workers of America]], [[Working Families Party]]
Leonard Rodberg - Urban Studies, Queens College; Research Director, New York-Metro chapter, Physicians for a National Health Program
 
Katie Robbins - National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW
 
Laurie Wen - Healthcare-NOW, Private Health Insurance Must Go Coalition
 
Bill Henning - Communications Workers of America, Local 1180
 
  
Dying for Cool: Case Study on US Militarism and Marketing
+
'''Radicals and NYC Politics:'''
W618
+
*[[Charles Barron]] (Chair) - Operation Power
Culture Clash
+
*[[Paul Washington]] -  
Terry Marshall (Chair) - Culture Clash, Young Voices Nation
+
*[[Inez Barron]] - State Assemblywoman, New York's 40th District
Christine Peng - CAAAV, Global Action Project
 
Terry Marshall - Culture Clash, Young Voices Nation
 
Kiara Nagel - Design Studio 4 Social Intervention
 
 
 
Rejuvenating the Left Critique of the War on Terror
 
W626 - Session 5
 
Sander Hicks (Chair) - Green Party of NY State
 
Paul Zarembka - Economics Dept, State University of New York at Buffalo; Research in Political Economy Journal
 
David MacGregor -
 
 
 
The Empire Strikes Back: Obama and the Teabaggers - (R)evolution and Counter(R)evolution
 
W622  - Session 1
 
John Kim (Chair) - Culture Clash
 
Vanessa Nisperos - Culture Clash
 
Calvin Williams - Culture Clash
 
 
 
Bush 2.0: Obama’s War at Home and Abroad
 
W610 - Session 5
 
Saadia Toor (Chair) - Action for a Progressive Pakistan & South Asia Solidarity Initiative
 
Adaner Usmani - Action for a Progressive Pakistan & Labour Party, Pakistan
 
Jawied Nawabi - Afghanistan Peace Association
 
Jeanne Theoharis - Educators for Civil Liberties
 
Leili Kashani - Center for Constitutional Rights
 
 
 
 
 
Jobs for All, Legalization for All, a Massive Public Works Program
 
E329 - Session 6
 
Eric Lerner (Chair) - NJ May 1 Coalition; International Luxemburgist Network
 
Jay Arena - Sociology, College of Staten Island
 
Diana Meija - NJ American Friends Service Committee
 
 
 
Coming to America, Running from Americas: Should the U.S. Owe Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants Coming from Countries Affected by the School of the Americas/WHINSEC?
 
W608 - Session 6
 
Laura Schleifer (Chair) -
 
Quisia Gonzalez, MD - Latin American Program Director, Earth Rights Institute, Henry George School
 
Joe Dowling - School of the Americas Watch; Nassau Community College
 
Adan Stevens-Diaz - Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College
 
Udi Ofer - Advocacy Director, NYCLU
 
 
 
Rethinking the National Question in the United States
 
W610- Session 4
 
Yusuf Nuruddin (Chair) - University of Toledo, Africana Studies
 
Charles Pinderhughes - Sociology, Boston College
 
Fred Ho - Afro Asian Music Ensemble
 
Warren Neal Holmes
 
 
 
The Chickenhawk Syndrome: War, Sacrifice and Personal Responsibility
 
W616 - Session 4
 
Radical Philosophy Review
 
Chair: Anatole Anton
 
Cheyney Ryan - University of Oregon, Oxford University
 
Anatole Anton - Political Science, San Francisco State
 
Harry van der Linden - Butler College
 
Michael Brown - Michigan State
 
 
 
Jobs, Social Issues and Ways to Get Out of the Crisis in Europe and USA
 
E323 - Session 6
 
Chrystel Le Moing (Chair) - International Relations, Gabriel Peri Foundation
 
Daniel Cirera - Secretary of the scientific council, Gabriel Peri Foundation
 
Alain Guinot - Director, La Nouvelle Vie Ouvrière, weekly newspaper of the Labour General Confédération (CGT) of France
 
Ed Ott - Former Executive Director, New York City Central Labor Council; Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute, CUNY
 
John Mason - Political Science, William Paterson University
 
 
 
Exonerate The Rosenbergs? Robert & Michael Meeropol React to Morton Sobell and Other New Developments
 
W616 - Session 3
 
National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case
 
Gerald Markowitz (Chair) - Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Grad Cente
 
Robert Meeropol  - Younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg; Founder/Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children; Board of Directors, NCRRC.
 
Michael Meeropol - Older son of the Rosenbergs; John Jay College Interdisciplinary Studies Program
 
Miriam Schneir - Co-author, Invitation to an Inquest
 
David Alman - President of the NCRRC; Founding Member with Emily Alman of the original Rosenberg defense committee.
 
 
 
Toward a Second [Economic] Bill of Rights
 
W503 - Session 3
 
Democratic Left
 
Michael Hirsch (Chair) - New Politics; Democratic Left
 
Bill Barclay - Chicago Political Economy Group
 
Joseph Schwartz - Politics, Temple University; Vice-Chair, Democratic Socialists of America
 
 
 
Organizing Strategies to Combat the Radical Right
 
W616 - Session 1
 
David Sprintzen (Chair) - Founder/Officer, Long Island Progressive Coalition, Citizen Action on Long Island; President of Long Island Jobs with Justice
 
Alan Charney - Political Director, US Action
 
Ed Ott - Former Executive Director, New York City Central Labor Council; Distinguished Lecturer, Murphy Institute, CUNY
 
Peter Sikora - Communications Workers of America, Working Families Party
 
 
 
Radicals and NYC Politics
 
E329 - Session 1
 
Charles Barron (Chair) - Operation Power
 
Paul Washington -  
 
Inez Barron - State Assemblywoman, New York's 40th District
 
 
 
Fight the Right, Build the Left: Strategy and Tactics for the 2010 Elections
 
W613 - Session 6
 
Dialogue and Initiative
 
Erica Carter, National Committee, CCDS (Chair) -
 
Howie Hawkins - Green Party of New York, Teamsters for a Democratic Union
 
Carl Davidson - National Co-Chair, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism; Webmaster, Progressives for Obama
 
Kevin Lynch - Organizer, Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union; Member, Working Families Party
 
Roger Green - Former NY State Assemblyman; Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY
 
  
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*[[Dialogue and Initiative]]
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*[[Erica Carter]], National Committee, [[CCDS]] (Chair)
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*[[Howie Hawkins]] - [[Green Party]] of [[New York]], [[Teamsters for a Democratic Union]]
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*[[Carl Davidson]] - National Co-Chair, [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]; Webmaster, [[Progressives for Obama]]
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*[[Kevin Lynch]] - Organizer, [[Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union]]; Member, [[Working Families Party]]
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*[[Roger Green]] - Former NY State Assemblyman; Medgar Evers College, [[Brooklyn]], [[NY]]
 
   
 
   
Fashioning  a Left Response to the Tea Party Propaganda Assault
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'''Fashioning  a Left Response to the Tea Party Propaganda Assault:'''
Schimmel Auditorium - Lunch time panel: SATURDAY, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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*[[Frances Fox Piven]] (Chair)
Frances Fox Piven (Chair)
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*[[Christian Parenti]]
Christian Parenti
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*[[Richard Kim]]
Richard Kim
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*[[Dorothee Benz]]
Dorthee Benz
 
 
 
  
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 10 June 2024

KeyWiki has information on Left Forum conferences held in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The Left Forum is the new name for the Socialist Scholars Conference.

Left Forum 2010

Personnel 2010

Board of Directors: Stanley Aronowitz, Roderick Bush, Eric Canepa, Vivek Chibber, Nancy Holmstrom, Jamie McCallum, Lorraine Minnite, Frances Fox Piven, Hobart Spalding, William K. Tabb, Richard D. Wolff, Julia Wrigley.

Advisory Board: Gilbert Achcar, Tariq Ali, Robin Blackburn, Barbara Bowen, Rose Brewer, Renate Bridenthal, Michael Brie, Stephen Brier, Stephen Eric Bronner, Paul Buhle, Joseph A. Buttigieg, Luciana Castellina, Angela Dillard, Stephen Duncombe, Hester Eisenstein, Barbara Epstein, Deepa Fernandes, Hector Figueroa, Harriet Fraad, Josh Freeman, Barbara Garson, Marvin Gettleman, Arun Gupta, Jack Hammond, David Harvey, Gerald Horne, Boris Kagarlitsky, Robin D. G. Kelley, Christine A. Kelly, Peter Kwong, Joanne Landy, Jesse Lemisch, Michael Lowy, Manning Marable, Randy Martin, Liz Mestres, Susan O’Malley, Leo Panitch, Christian Parenti, Thomas Ponniah, Barbara Ransby, Michael Ratner, Jan Rehmann, Gerardo Renique, Rainer Rilling, Colin Robinson, Nan Rubin, Stephen R. Shalom, Neil Smith, Eleni Varikas, Victor Wallis, Ross Weiner, Joseph Wilson.

Endorsing Organisations: Brecht Forum, Center for the Study of Culture, Technology, and Work, Graduate Center, CUNY, Critical Sociology, Logos, Monthly Review, National Lawyers Guild, New Political Science, New Politics, Radical Teacher, Rethinking Marxism/AESA, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Science and Society, Situations, Social Text, Socialism and Democracy, Social Register, Souls, Union for Radical Political Economics.[1]

Participants

At the 2010 Left Forum The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation continued its by now more than 10-year tradition of organising panels at the SSC and Left Forum with a panel on “Union Strategies, Poor People’s Movements and Crisis,” with Christina Kaindl, Jan Rehmann, and speakers from poverty and labor-organizing initiatives in the US. as well as a major session “Can Obama Be Moved? Movement Strategies to Pressure Party Politics” with Margit Mayer and an "impressive panoply of speakers ranging from supporters of third-party initiatives to those cooperating with the Democrats, as well as from other initiatives".

For the first year, the Transform Network had a presence – and an important one – with three major panels: “Social-Security Systems in Comparison: Europe and the US” with Robin Blackburn, Lucy apRoberts, Daniel Ankarloo and Ruurik Holm; “Roundtable on Left Strategies in the Core Capitalist Countries,” with Sam Gindin (Socialist Project, Toronto, formerly with the Canadian Auto Workers), João Romão, Greg Albo (Socialist Project, Toronto), Cornelia Hildebrandt (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Die LINKE), Richard D. Wolff and Ruurik Holm; “Understanding and Responding to the Crisis: The Left in Europe and the U.S.” with Walter Baier, William K. Tabb, Jeremy Brecher, Rainer Rilling and João Romão.

The final plenary featured Noam Chomsky, and included a tribute to Howard Zinn from Arundhati Roy and Frances Fox Piven, along with a performance of Zinn’s play “Marx in Soho.” The Zinn tribute and Chomsky’s appearance drew the expected enormous crowds, with people lining up around the block.[2]

Panels

Left Forum 2010 contained the following panels:

Africa

Exporting the Culture Wars: Who is Spreading Neocolonial Homophobia to Africa and Why: The Public Eye

Africa's Oil Economies - A Mixed Blessing or a Curse?: Global Information Network

Humanitarian Imperialism and Obama's Wars in Africa:

Alternative Development Models for Sub-Saharan Africa: Mobile Economists

Art

Punk Rock: Cultural Space For Transformative Politics?:

Creating Lasting Change Through Radical Theatre:

Redact This! Artists and Writers Against Torture - Art Activism:

Playwrights Rekindle the Radical Imagination:

Art and Aesthetic Experience in the 21st Century: Learning from the Past:

Caribbean Basin

Terrorism Against Cuba and the Case of the Cuban 5: Socialism and Democracy

After the Earthquake: Who's Killing Haiti?:

Haiti's Future: A Grassroots Perspective and Potential of Unified Action:

China

Recent Transformations in Chinese Marxism:

Chinese Students & Workers Organize at the Grass-Roots: Talking Union

The Causes of Current Crises Breaking Out in China:

The Problems that Chinese Marxists and Leftists Discuss in Today’s China: Chair: Prof. Norman Levine

Debunking the Myth of the “China Model”: Is a radical alternative possible?:

The Influences of the Current Crisis on China and China's Feasible Countermeasures:

The Chinese Proletariat and the State:

Revisiting the Legacy of Women's Liberation in Maoist China:

Culture and Everyday Life

Pro Sports Without Owners?: www.edgeofsports.com

From Roman Gospels to Jewish Shakespeare: Rethinking Our Cultural Paradigms:

No Families, No Justice: Building a Family-Inclusive Left Movement: PM Press

The Mass Psychology of Capitalism: Dialectical Contradictions in the Realm of the Psyche:

America's Two Depressions: One Economic, One Psychological:

Education

Conducting Critical Social Science Research:

Ishay Landa - The Open University, Ra'anana, Israel Paul Paolucci - Eastern Kentucky University Ricardo Dello Buono - Manhattan College

Teaching About Palestine: Radical Teacher

From the Campus to the "Real World": Keeping the Student Activist Spirit Alive Post Graduation:

Academic Repression: Book Talk: Theory and Action Chair: Anthony J. Nocella, II

Dr. Caroline Kaltefleiter - Syracuse University

Educating Youth in These Conservative Times: Cultural-Politics, Possibilities, and Strategies for Improving Urban Schooling:

  • Biany Perez, (Chair) - Arts and Education Program Administrator, Art Sanctuary

Decoteau J. Irby - AAKT (Action, Advocacy, Knowledge, and Training), Concepts LLC Emery Petchauer - Education, Lincoln University Patrick Camangian - Teacher Education, Urban Ed., and Social Justice, University of San Francisco; English Teacher, Mandela High School, Oakland, California

From the Campus to the "Real World": Keeping the Student Activist Spirit Alive Post Graduation: Chair: John Cronan Jr.

The Fight for Public Higher Education in New York City:

PSC-CUNY member, TBA -

Public Education: Privatization and Inequity:

Economics for the Rest of Us: Teaching Economics to Workers:

The Case of California: Coming Soon to Schools Near You:

Politics of the Contemporary American Student Left:

Rethinking Education:

The Fertile Grounds Project: Spaces for Youth To Be Youth/Education Over Indoctrination:

Academic Freedom Under Attack:

"Race to the Top" - Millions of Children Left Behind: Radical Teacher

Environment

Capitalism and Toxics Pollution: The Fight for Public Health:

Hydro/Petrol Federal-Corporatism Under Fire:

Nuclear Revival?:

No Fracking Way! The Politics and Ecology of Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale:

Climate Change and the Global South: Upcoming World Climate Conference in Bolivia:

Ambassador Pablo Solon, UN Mission of Bolivia

Is Climate Change Hot Enough to Rekindle the Imagination of the Left? (Part I of II): New Politics

Dirty Gas, Oil, and Coal: The Fossil Fuel Problematic and Some Solutions:

Impacts of and Responses to Climate Change:

Organizing for Climate Justice:

Speciesm: The Forgotten Oppression -- Why Should The Left Care?:

Post-Copenhagen Politics of Climate Change: Capitalism Nature Socialism

Why Green Capitalism Can't Solve the Climate Crisis: International Socialist Review

The Urban Industrial Complex and Emergent Forms of Environmentalism:

Is Climate Change Hot Enough to Rekindle the Imagination of the Left? (Part II of II): New Politics

Food

The Logic of Capitalism: Understanding Water, Food, and Environmental Crises:

What Does Sustainable Agriculture Mean? How will we replace the corporate food supply? Can we have clean energy and clean agriculture?====

Parents, Teachers & Students Unite: Health, Sustainability and Social Justice Through the School Food movement====

What does food sovereignty look like? Imagining food sovereignty from a variety of perspectives: Chair: Brenda Biddle

Gender

Introductory Session: Gender: Nancy Holmstrom

Feminism Seduced: How Global Elites Use Women's Labor and Ideas to Exploit the World:

AIDS, Sex and Culture : Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa -Author Meets Critics:

Feminism and Lesbianism: Bringing Women Together:

Envisioning a Post Sexist Society:

Women, Militancy and Organizing:


Revisiting the Legacy of Women's Liberation in Maoist China: Chair: Di Bai

Health and housing

Direct Action, Self-Determination and the Housing Crisis:

After the Health Reform Debacle: What Direction for Real Health Care Justice?: Physicians for a National Health Program Chair: Martha Livingston

No More Affordable Housing Scams: Community Control of Land in New York City: Progressive Planning

Morbid Symptoms: Health Care Under Capitalism: Socialist Register

India

Neo-Liberalism, State Repression and the Crisis of Indian Democracy:

Developmental Terrorism in India Today: Sanhati

International

Imperial Agenda: from Bush to Obama:

Illusions and Interests: Perspectives on American Foreign Policy:

Revolution in Nepal:

Social -Security Systems in Comparison: Europe and the US:

The Right to the City: Global Perspectives:

Crisis and Beyond: Re-evaluating Pakistan:

US Imperialism and Oil Politics: The Middle East, South Asia, and Africa:

International Relations: Urban Guerrilla Movements, Europe and Latin America:

War Crimes and "Change":

Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism, and International Solidarity Today:

Beyond Walls and Cages: Abolitionist Perspectives on Migration & Mass Incarceration:

Leading the Battle against the Present Global Economic Crisis: Greece, Iran, Nigeria:

Labor

The Future of Labor in the U.S.:

U.S. Trade Unions and the Global Economic Crisis:

Union Strategies, Poor People's Movements and Crisis:

Clean Energy Transition: Decentralized Worker/Community Control vs. Centralized Corporate/State Control:

Rebel Rank and File:

How Should Friends of Labor on the Left Respond To Conflicts Within and Between Unions?”: WorkingUSA

TBA - Representative of SEIU/Workers United

Struggles of an Independent Radical Union: The Case of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance:

How to Fight Disappearing Jobs and Falling Wages: Labor Strategies in the Epoch of Low-wage Capitalism:

Union Reform from Below: US, Canada and Puerto Rico: Against the Current

Comparative Labor Movements - Strategies and Class Struggles:

http://www.keywiki.org/skins/common/images/button_italic.png Alternative Labor Organizations: Worker Councils and Rank and File Control Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society

Building the Power of Immigrant Workers in NYC's Vast Food Industry:

Telling The Story of Working Class Life, Work, and Organization - In Non-Fiction and Fiction: Monthly Review Press and Cornell ILR Press

Transnational Labor Movements:

The Awesome Power of Union Democracy and its Implications for Dramatic Social Change:

(Kevin) Harry Harrington, Vice President, Transport Workers Union, Local 100 Member, Take Back Our Union

Undermining Capitalism: The Stella D’oro Strike, Committed Art, and Revolutionary Change:

Worker Control: The End of Capitalism or Capitalism's Only Salvation:

Latin America

The Proposal to Launch a Fifth Socialist International: Venezuela Analysis

Lessons from Venezuela: Achievements and Failures:

U.S. Interventionism and Stability in Latin America: Venezuela Analysis

Obama's Militarized Status Quo in Latin America: NACLA Report on the Americas

Latin America: Moving Beyond Neoliberalism:

The Honduran Coup and Its Aftermath: NACLA Report on the Americas

Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners:

Solidarity in Latin America: Solidarity Economy and Bolivarian Socialism in Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia, and Venezuela:

Indigenous Mobilization and Resistance in the Andean Nations: World War 4 Report

Puerto Rico Can't Wait To Be Free:

Marxism and theory

Reimagining Society: The Nature of the Task: Schimmel Z Communications

Imagining Our Way from Here to There:

Introductory Session: Dialectics: Bertell Ollman

Introductory Session: Class: Richard Wolff

A Dialogue on Class: Rethinking Marxism

Post-Identity Politcs:

Going Beyond the Crisis Means Overcoming Commodity Production and Wage Labor:

A Panel Discussion on Anarchism and Marxism:

Revolution and Marxist-Humanism in the 21st Century: On the centenary of Raya Dunayevskaya: News & Letters

The Fate of Socialism:

Envisioning Self-Governance: Z Communications

Rethinking Communism: Debating Badiou's Communist Hypothesis==== Verso Books

A Panel Discussion on Anarchism and Marxism:

Marxism and Anarchism: The Relevance of Radical Traditions Today:

Socialism in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past: Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation

Alain Badiou's “Politics of Emancipation”: Controversies over the Framework and Future of the Communist Project:

Respondent: John Gerassi, Political Science, Queens College, CUNY

The Future of World Capitalism Book Panel 2: Concepts of Transition:

  • Radhika Desai, (Chair), Politics, University of Manitoba Visiting Fellow, DESTIN, London School of Economics
  • Alan Freeman, University of Manitoba Greater London Authority (personal capacity)
  • Henry Heller, History, University of Manitoba
  • Jack Rasmus, Santa Clara University and Economics and Politics, St. Marys College

Rethinking Historical Materialism : Scottish Origins and Engelsistic Revisions:

New Perspectives on Marx's Concept of Socialism:

Remembering Giovanni Arrighi: Verso Books

Critical Theory and Social Movements:

The Materiality of Nations:

False Alternatives to Capitalism: Proudhonism and its Progeny: Marxist-Humanist Initiative

Passive Revolution and Uneven and Combined Development, 'East' and 'West':

Seeing Marx Anew Via the MEGA Project:

Cooperatives, Class, and Value theory: Rethinking Marxism

Media

Going Undercover: The Yes Men and Gumshoe Journalists Discuss Subterfuge and Satire in Activism and Investigative Journalism: Schimmel

Why Communications and Media Creation Can Forward Social Change: Making Contact, [www.radioproject.org]

Network Failure: The Crisis of America’s Telecommunications Infrastructure:

Online Organizing: The Missed Opportunities and Challenges to Come:

Collaborative Democracy and the Internet: Humanity's Revolutionary Initiative:

The State Of Our Foreign News:

Mass Media, Islam and the War on Terror:

ImMEDIAate Impact: Using Documentaries to organize for a New Progressive Imagination:

Middle East

Afghanistan/Pakistan/Yemen: Obama's New War:

The Green Movement and the Left: Prospects for Democracy in Iran:

Of Drones, Warlords and the Taliban: Ending the U.S./NATO Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Canadian Peace Alliance & Campaign for Peace and Democracy

The Gaza Freedom March: Lessons and Challenges:

Why Are We in Afghanistan?:

Confronting the "Museum of Tolerance" and the Mamilla Cemetery:

Iran: Current State of Affairs:

Afghanistan: Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Critical Conversation: Foreign Policy In Focus

The Left and Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East: Iraq: Platypus

The Left and prospects for democracy in the Middle East: Iran: Platypus

Political and Social Movements

The History of May Day and the 2010 New York May Day March:

Understanding and Responding to the Crisis: The Left in Europe and the U.S.: Transform!

Organizing for the Anti-Capitalist Transition:

Power From Below: Left Forum

Capitalism, Crisis and Alternative Possibilities: Critical Theory and Global Studies Association

Roundtable on Left Strategies in the Core Capitalist Countries: Transform!

Movement Building Spaces and Rekindling the Imagination:

Beyond Fair Trade and Micro-Finance: Gift and Solidarity Economies: [www.otherworldsareposssible.org]

Intellectuals and the Radical Imagination:

How to Make a Revolution in the US:

Capitalism, Crisis and Alternative Possibilities II:

"The Coming Insurrection": Manifestoes, Militancy, and Mobilization: Situations: Project of the Radical Imagination

Left Out: Building Social Movements in a Culture of Isolation:

World Social Forum Politics: Left or Post-Left?:

The Art & Politics of Spectacle – Creating Ethical Spectacles:

Reimagining a New Economic System:

Envisioning Real Utopias: Verso Books

Organizing against Budget Cuts and Austerity in New York City: (Chair) – Doug Singsen, CUNY Campaign to Defend Education, International Socialist Organization

Social Movements And Everyday Life: Critical Sociology

Decline of the European Left and the rise of the Far Right: Chair: Mark Seddon

What Does it Mean to be a Revolutionary in Our Times?:

Socialist Humanism, the Anti-Humanist Turn, and the Consequences for the Left:

The US Social Forum and US Social Movements: The Road from Atlanta to Detroit 2010:

Rethinking America: The Imperial Homeland in the 21st Century:

Horizontalism and Grassroots Democracy in the Americas:

Ten Years Later: Organizers Reflect on the 1999 Seattle WTO Protests: Left Turn

Thinking System From the Grassroots: The Intersection of Theory and Practice in Grassroots Organizing:

Getting from Here to There: Making Radical Visions Reality:

Radical Spaces, Radical City:

New Developments in Solidarity Economy Organizing in the U.S.:

Strategizing to Build Real Self-Governance:

Experiments in Popular Democracy: Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Capitalist State?:

Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for a US in Crisis:

Author meets critics: van der Walt and Schmidt's "Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism":

New Radical Parties and Experiments in Party Building:

We Must Be Good at Learning: Brecht Forum at 35:

Political Economy

Economic Democracy as an alternative to capitalism:

A Radical Project in New Economics: theGiftEconomy.org:

The Case for a NO Growth Economy:

Future of World Capitalism Book Panel 1: New Takes On Old Myths:

Political Economy and the Current Crisis

The Current Economic Crisis and Its Possible Outcomes:

The Fiscal Crises of the States:

The Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Working Class:

In and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives:

The Crisis this Time:

The Crisis and Capital Accumulation: Is the Role of the State Changing?:

The 'PIIGS,' Baltics, and Hungary: Economic Crisis on the EU’s Internal Periphery:

The Crisis That Gives the Capitalist Class Nightmares:

  • Critique
  • Suzi Weisman (Chair) - Politics, Saint Mary's College Of California
  • Michael Hudson - Economics, University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • Hillel Ticktin - Emeritus Professor Marxist Studies, University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • Lea Haro - Politics, University of Stirling
  • Jack Rasmus - Politics and Economics, Saint Mary's College of Claifornia

Alternative Perspectives on Marxist Crisis Theory and the Current Economic Crisis:

Economics and Politics of the Current Crisis: Causes and Prospects for the Future:

Prison-Industrial Complex

What Does the Left Need to Know about Prison?:

Criminology and Social Justice: Establishing a Strong Theoretical Foundation:

Race

The Economic Crisis, How it Impacts African Americans and Labor:

Race and Recession: Will a Rising Tide Lift All Boats?:

How Things Change As They Stay The Same: Talking Through Racial Categories, Politics, and Organizing in the 21st Century :

Introductory Session:

Geography of Malcolm X:

Rebuilding the Black Left/Rejuvenating Revolutionary Black Youth:

Rescuing the Concept of Internal Colonialism from the Dustbin of History:

Can the White Left Organize Against Racism in the White Community:

The American Left and the “Black Question”: From Politics to Protest to the Post-Political:

Black Nationalism in the United States:

African Americans and Latinos and the Decolonization of the U.S. Empire in the 21st Century:

The Left in a Post-Racial United States:

The Recession: A Black Left Perspective:

Stand Alone Slide Presentation/Talk on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918":

The Black Internationale:

New Perspectives from the Black Left:

How Things Change As They Stay The Same: Talking Through Racial Categories, Politics, and Organizing in the 21st Century:

Lynching Then, Lynching Now: Roots of Racism and the Death Penalty in the US:

Radical Black Perspective Panel: Obama, the Crisis of Black Leadership and US Imperialism Running Amuck!:

Author Meets Critic: Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell:

Black Youth Looking at the Left:

Religion

Progressive Religion and the Fight for Democracy:

Reading the Bible from the Left: The Book of Revelation:

Capitalism, Economy, and Religion: A Christian-Marxist Dialogue:

U.S. Politics

Where's the Outrage?:

What is the Work of the People's Democratic Coalition That Elected Obama:

Right-Wing Populism, Political Economy & Radical Dissent:

The Historical Context of the Politics of WBAI 99.5FM:

The Contours of the New Radical Right :

  • John Mason (Chair)
  • [[Joan Lara Amat y León, University of Barcelona, New School of Social Research
  • [[Charles Laurence, Journalist, First Post, London, UK.
  • Michael Thompson, Associate Professor of Politics, WPU, and Editor of Logos Journal
  • John Mason, Professor of Politics, WPU, Resource Person, Institute of European Studies, University of Paris VIII, France

Whose Quality of Life? - Homeless People, the NYPD, and "Disorderly Conduct:":

Can Progressives Transform the Democratic Party? Power, Class and Politics:

The U.S. Right and the War on Terror:

Can Obama Be Moved? Movement Strategies to Pressure Party Politics:

More than a Year into the Health Reform Debacle: What Direction for Real Health Care Justice?:

Dying for Cool: Case Study on US Militarism and Marketing:

Rejuvenating the Left Critique of the War on Terror:

The Empire Strikes Back: Obama and the Teabaggers - (R)evolution and Counter(R)evolution:

Bush 2.0: Obama’s War at Home and Abroad:

Jobs for All, Legalization for All, a Massive Public Works Program:

Coming to America, Running from Americas: Should the U.S. Owe Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants Coming from Countries Affected by the School of the Americas/WHINSEC?:

Rethinking the National Question in the United States:

The Chickenhawk Syndrome: War, Sacrifice and Personal Responsibility:

Jobs, Social Issues and Ways to Get Out of the Crisis in Europe and USA:

Exonerate The Rosenbergs? Robert & Michael Meeropol React to Morton Sobell and Other New Developments:

Toward a Second [Economic] Bill of Rights:

Organizing Strategies to Combat the Radical Right:

Radicals and NYC Politics:

Fight the Right, Build the Left: Strategy and Tactics for the 2010 Elections:

Fashioning a Left Response to the Tea Party Propaganda Assault:

References

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